Before daybreak on Monday, the British-flagged Bayesian, carrying 22 passengers and 10 crew members, was anchored about 700 meters out from the harbor when it was hit by a waterspout, which is similar to a miniature tornado.
A lady carrying a one-year-old child was among the fifteen individuals on board who were pulled to safety. Six people are still unaccounted for, and one man has been found deceased.
Three divers started their 50-meter drop to the wreck on Tuesday after putting on air canisters.
Italian media reported that Lynch’s guests, the majority of whom were British, were celebrating his recent acquittal in a significant US fraud case.
