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Lynch, 59, was one of the UK’s best-known tech entrepreneurs and had invited friends to join him on the yacht to celebrate his acquittal in June in a fraud trial. His wife, Angela Bacares, who owns the Bayesian, is believed to have been among the survivors.
Italian officials confirmed they had retrieved the bodies of Jonathan Bloomer, a non-executive chair of Morgan Stanley International, and Christopher Morvillo of the law firm Clifford Chance, alongside their wives, Judy Bloomer and Neda Morvillo.
Complex salvage operation
Giovanni Costantino, CEO of the Italian Sea Group, which owns Perini, said the shipwreck was the result of a string of “indescribable, unreasonable errors” made by the crew, and ruled out any design or construction failings.
The London Telegraph reported that Italian authorities were considering launching a manslaughter investigation.
Pulling the wreck out of the sea, where it is now lying on its right side, apparently intact, may help investigators determine what happened, but the operation is likely to be complex and costly.
Nick Sloane, a South African engineer who led the operation to salvage the Costa Concordia cruise liner that sank in 2012, said in Italian media interviews on Friday that the operation would cost up to €15 million ($24.7 million).
He told daily La Repubblica that salvaging the yacht would take six to eight weeks, including preparation work.
Reuters
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