Last body from sunken superyacht found off Sicily, according to Italian Coast Guard

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The sixth and final body of passengers missing from the sunken luxury yacht Bayesian has been found.
The sixth and final body of passengers missing from the sunken luxury yacht Bayesian has been found. Credit: AAP

The body of the final missing person who was on a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily has been found in the wreckage, the Italian Coast Guard says.

The woman’s body found on Friday has not been identified, but Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, is reportedly unaccounted for.

The Lynch family was aboard the Bayesian, a 56-metre British-flagged yacht, when went down in a storm early on Monday.

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Civil protection officials believe the ship was struck by a tornado over the water, known as a waterspout, and sank quickly.

Mike Lynch’s body was recovered on Thursday.

He had been celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with his family and the people who had defended him at trial in the United States.

His wife Angela Bacares was among the 15 survivors.

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