Captain of doomed yacht that capsized off Italian coast speaks out as desperate search for survivors is carried out
The captain of the doome👍d Bayesian superyacht ജthat capsized off the coast of Italy on Monday sai🥃🐠d the crew and passengers had no idea a tornado was about to rage through the region until their ship sank.
Captain James Catfield, who piloted the 184-foot, British-flagged luxury yacht, was among the 15 cr�🧔�ew members and passengers to survive after the tornado struck Monday before sunrise.
“We didn’t see it coming,” Catfield told Italian newspaper La Repubblica from the hospital, where he was limping due to an injury.
One person, believed to be the on-ship chef, died in the wreck and six people remain missing, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and top New York City lawyer Christopher Morvillo.
Morvillo’s wife, Neda, a jewelry designer, is also one of⛄ the six passengers still missing, officials said.
In addition to the Morvillos and Lynch, the missing include Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, as well as Jonathan Bloomer, a chairman at Morga꧋n Stanley Internati💜onal, and Bloomer’s wife, Judy.
What to know after a tornado sank the yacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily:
- A superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily after a tornado hit the area early Monday, killing seven passengers.
- British tech tycoon Mike Lynch was identified as one of the bodies pulled from the wreckage. His teenage daughter, Hannah, was the final one to be recovered.
- Lynch — known as “Britain’s Bill Gates” — had invited guests from Clifford Chance, a legal firm that represented him, and Invoke Capital, his own company, on the voyage, .
- Security camera footage shot from 650 feet from where the shows it disappearing.
- A rare and unexpected “black swan” weather event may have led to the Bayesian’s speedy demise, maritime experts say.
Morvillo,ꦦ 59, help♑ed Lynch, the owner of the capsized luxury boat, win his fraud trial earlier this year.
Lynch haꦐd invited guests from the legal firm that represented him, Clifford Chance, and Invoke Capital, his own company, on the voyage,🍬 .
The boat left the Sicilian port of Milazzo on Aug. 14 and was last tracked east of Palermo on Sunday evening, according t🗹o vessel tracking app Vesselfinder.
Police divers continu꧑ed their search for the missing passengers Tuesday, focusing on an area some 164 feet underwater, where officials believe people😼 may be trapped.
The search thus far has been slow because the Bayesian sits ♌50 meters below the surface, where divers can only stay for 12 minutes at a time, fire rescue officials s🌄aid Tuesday.
Fire of🦄ficials have said the six people unaccounted for will be referred to as “missing” until they are located in the wreckage.
With Post wires
