The moment of the British millionaire's yacht sinking was caught on video (2 photos + 2 videos)
The luxurious 56-meter vessel sank in a matter of minutes.
A video of the Bayesian superyacht sinking off the coast of Sicily during a storm has appeared online. On board were its owner, multimillionaire Mike Lynch, who is called the "British Bill Gates", and the chairman of the board of directors of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Bloomer.
The footage from the surveillance camera provided by the Giornale di Sicilia shows that the yacht sank in literally two minutes.
Recall that the 56-meter sailing yacht, which is considered the largest in its class, sank due to a strong storm on August 19 at about 5 am near the Sicilian port of Porticello. In total, there were 22 people on the ship - 10 crew members and 12 passengers. Fifteen of them, including Lynch's wife and a one-year-old girl, were saved. Officially, only the chef is listed as dead, since his body was found near the wreck. Six are considered missing. Rescuers have no illusions about their fate, believing that they remained inside the yacht. The ship sank at a depth of 49 meters, but divers have not yet been able to penetrate inside the vessel.
Search and rescue operation
Now the death of the British multimillionaire is beginning to be surrounded by conspiracy theories. A week before the yacht crash, by an unusual coincidence, former partner and top manager of Lynch's company Stephen Chamberlain died under the wheels of a car. He was also a defendant in the fraud case, in which they were accused by an American corporation, but was acquitted by the jury along with Lynch.
It is noted that the British businessman, despite the death of his friend, decided not to cancel the fatal party on the yacht in honor of his victory in the trial.
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59-year-old Mike Lynch founded Autonomy in 1996. It subsequently became the largest software development company in Britain. In 2011, it was bought for $11 billion by the American Hewlett-Packard (HP), which produces almost half of all electronics in the United States. Later, the corporation's management accused Lynch of fraud - allegedly, before the deal, he greatly inflated the cost of Autonomy. The British businessman was extradited to the United States upon request. The legal battle lasted for many years, but in the end, the Briton and his partners were acquitted.
It is noted that Mike Lynch was expecting litigation with Dell and IBM, but mysterious deaths interrupted the series of legal victories.