Wreck of sunken luxury yacht Bayesian to be examined

Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and daughter were among seven people killed when boat went down off coast of Italy.

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The yacht, which belonged to the British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, has finally been recovered in a complex $30m (£22.2m) operation to allow Italian prosecutors to inspect the wreck as part of their ongoing investigation.

Mr Lynch and his teenage daughter were among seven passengers and crew who died when the Bayesian was knocked over by sudden extreme winds and sank within minutes.

Their bodies were retrieved by divers several days later.

Other smaller vessels in the same area that day survived the storm intact, leaving experts struggling to understand why the luxury yacht was affected so badly.