Horror CCTV shows doomed Bayesian superyacht engulfed by storm – as witness says it ‘vanished in 60 seconds’
HORRIFYING CCTV shows the moment the Bayesian superyacht was engulfed by the storm that would eventually sink it.
The new video shows the lights of the doomed vessel in the distance slowly disappear as it is swallowed by the heavy rain.
The new clip comes from the CCTV cameras just 200m from where the boat sank.
One witness said he looked at his cameras when he heard news of the sinking, according to Giornale Di Sicilia.
“In just sixty seconds – says the owner of the villa – you can see the ship disappear.
“Of about twenty cameras installed in the house, only one was not disturbed by the wind and rain. You can clearly see what is happening.
“There was nothing that could be done for the boat. It disappeared in a very short time.”
It comes as…
- ‘UK’s Bill Gates’ Mike Lynch & his daughter Hannah, 18, remain missing on the wreck
- Also missing are Jonathan Bloomer, Judy Bloomer, Chris Morvillo and Neda Morvillo
- Lynch’s wife revealed how she was awoken by a ’tilt’ as the yacht sunk
- The captain of the Bayesian broke his silence on the horror storm
- Experts believe the yacht’s ‘tallest mast in the world‘ may have contributed to the disaster
- Pictures showed the tiny raft that saved up to 15 people
- Frantic text messages from the survivors revealed the chaos
The £14million luxury vessel capsized on Monday after it was caught in a tornado off the coast of Porticello, Sicily.
The frantic hunt for six people still missing is into its second day.
It is believed there is a second video which has not been published that shows the boat sinking.
The clock is ticking with drivers trying to fight their way through blockages in the 50m deep wreck.
They have now opened a hole in the hull of the Bayesian to get in through another direction, Italian outlet Il Messaggero reports.
Furniture has made it impossible for the divers to move through the inside of the boat and reach the cabins.
As time runs out, the brave search and rescue workers only have 10 minutes working in the water at a time.
They are also using an underwater vehicle to help divers, as well as five patrol boats and one helicopter searching from above the water.
Vincenzo Zagarola, a spokesman for the coast guard, said they believe the missing people are still inside as the yacht sank in just a few minutes.
He said: “We think they are still inside the boat, that is our very hard idea. Our search and rescue activity by sea and air has gone on for around 36 hours.
“Of course, we do not exclude that they are not inside the boat, but we know the boat sank quickly.
“We suppose that the six people missing may not have had time to get out of the boat.”
Who is Mike Lynch?
By Georgie English, Foreign News Reporter
ENTREPRENEUR Mike Lynch is still believed to be missing hours after a £14m luxury yacht capsized in a tornado off the coast of Sicily.
The tech tycoon, dubbed “Britain’s Bill Gates”, was one of the 22 people sailing onboard the £166,000 a week vessel, the Telegraph reported this afternoon.
Lynch, 59, sold Autonomy Corporation – a tech company for $11b to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.
He has also been involved in Invoke Capital and cybersecurity company Darktrace.
He was awarded an OBE for his services to enterprise in 2006.
Born in Ilford, Lynch had a firefighter father from County Cork and a nurse mother from County Tipperary.
Away from work, Mike is married to wife Angela Bacares and the pair have two children together.
In 2023, the Sunday Times rich list set the couple’s value at £852m.
Just weeks ago, Lynch was acquitted of criminal charges by a jury in San Francisco after a 12-year legal battle over the $11bn sale of his firm, Autonomy, to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.
He was extradited to the US on fraud charges back in 2023 with a judge setting his bail at £79m.
US Marshsals took Lynch into custody at Heathrow, putting him in chains and bundling him on board a United Airlines flight.
However, he had a few things in his favour.
The nature of the case led to a boring and turgid trial, including painstaking parades of emails, reports and spreadsheets filled with jargon, leaving jurors glassy-eyed.
One was even dismissed because he repeatedly fell asleep.
Lynch argued that any questionable activity was entirely immaterial in the context of a thriving business bringing in hundreds of millions a year.
While his lawyers claimed the books were approved by outside accountants and that, by British standards, the deals in question were appropriately accounted for.
Lynch was used as the final witness and rather than going “right for the jugular”, as his head lawyer Brian Heberlig said, the prosecutors simply “reviewed a chronology of documents, with no probing questions”. The jury agreed.
Divers are still assessing the safety of the superyacht before they can enter and look for possible survivors.
Those on board said the mast collapsed in stormy weather causing glass to shatter everywhere and the boat to capsize.
Four of the missing from the Bayesian yacht disaster are British and two are American.
They include businessman Mike Lynch, dubbed “Britain’s Bill Gates” and his teenage daughter 18-year-old Hannah Lynch.
Her former school, Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, west London, has released a statement.
It reads: “We are all incredibly shocked by the news that Hannah and her father are among those missing in this tragic incident and our thoughts are with their family and everyone involved as we await further updates.”
Lynch’s wife Angela Bacares, 57, was rescued with horrific injuries from walking across broken glass to get to safety.
International chairman of bank giant Morgan Stanley, Brit Jonathan Bloomer, 70, is also missing along with his wife Judy.
As is top New York lawyer Chris Morvillo, a solicitor at major firm Clifford Chance who worked for Mike Lynch, and his wife Neda.
Clifford Chance lawyer Ayla Ronald, 36, and her partner were among those rescued.
The Kiwi snapped the last picture taken from onboard the Bayesian, a beautiful orange sunset only hours before tragedy struck.
Ayla was there celebrating Lynch’s acquittal from fraud charges after he won a US trial in June relating to the billion-pound sale of his business Autonomy.
Her father Lin said Ayla, 36, text him yesterday saying “there are deaths”, the Telegraph reported.
Another New Zealander who survived the ship’s sinking was the captain James Catfield, 51.
He told Italian media that they did not see the tornado coming.
Other survivors include South Africans Leah Randall and Katja Chicken who were both able to leave coastguard headquarters yesterday.
Who are the six still missing from the Bayesian yacht tragedy?
By Ellie Doughty, Foreign News Reporter
THE BAYESIAN superyacht was hosting a lavish party for 12 guests, with 10 crew also onboard.
After 15 people were rescued from the water on Monday, six people remain missing and one has been found dead.
Italian authorities said the man recovered near the yacht wreckage was the chef working onboard.
Four of the missing are British and two are American.
Mike Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18, are among the four Brits lost at sea.
International chairman of bank giant Morgan Stanley, Brit Jonathan Bloomer, 70, is also missing along with his wife Judy.
As is top New York lawyer Chris Morvillo, a solicitor at major firm Clifford Chance who worked for Mike Lynch, and his wife Neda.