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Radio 4,20 Aug 2024,45 mins

Sicily yacht sinking: little chance of finding more survivors, authorities say

The World Tonight

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British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah Lynch are among the six people still missing after a British-flagged superyacht, named the Bayesian, sank in a storm off Sicily on Monday. Fifteen people, including a woman and her one-year-old baby, were rescued; one body has been recovered. Divers have been struggling to enter the wreck which is lying on its side, nearly 50 metres under the water. We assess the challenges facing rescue teams with a marine salvage expert. Also on the programme: An exclusive interview with the gay British-Mexican man who has returned to the UK after being convicted of drug charges in Qatar; The Scottish sandwich shop offering customers ‘seagull insurance’ for an extra £1…

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