Superyacht pulled from the depths 10 months after sinking off Sicily

The native coast guard mentioned the lifting operation was concluded early afternoon (early Sunday morning AEST) and shall be adopted by some technical exams on the hull.

The hull of the superyacht Bayesian, which sank close to Palermo, Sicily, on August 19, 2024, is pulled out of the ocean and dewatered off the village of Porticello Saturday, June 21, 2025 (AP Photograph/Salvatore Cavalli)

On Sunday, the vessel shall be transported to the Sicilian port of Termini Imerese, the place it will likely be made out there for investigators to assist decide the reason for the sinking.

The Bayesian sank August 19 off Porticello close to Palermo throughout a violent storm as Lynch was treating mates to a cruise to rejoice his acquittal two months earlier within the US on fraud fees.

Lynch, his daughter and 5 others died. Fifteen folks survived, together with the captain and all crew members besides the chef.

Superyacht Bayesian — The hull of the superyacht Bayesian, which sank close to Palermo, Sicily, on August 19, 2024, is lifted by cranes throughout salvage operations off the village of Porticello Saturday, June 21, 2025 (AP Photograph/Salvatore Cavalli)

Italian authorities are conducting a full prison investigation.

TMC Maritime, which is conducting the restoration operation, mentioned the vessel has been slowly raised from the seabed, 50 metres down, over the previous three days to permit the metal lifting straps, slings and harnesses to be secured underneath the keel.

Eight metal lifting straps are getting used to assist the hull upright and to kind a part of a metal wire lifting system that started elevating the vessel out of the water on Saturday. As it’s lifted up, sea water is pumped out of the hull.

TMC Maritime mentioned the vessel shall be held upright, out of the water, for checks and preparations for its closing journey.

The floating crane platform will then transfer the Bayesian to Termini Imerese, the place a particular metal cradle is ready for it.

What turned seen for the primary time on Friday on the floor of the water was the highest of the passenger space of the Bayesian the place passengers would sit, often called the lodging space, mentioned a spokesman for TMC Maritime, David Wilson.

When it resurfaced, the Bayesian was lacking its 72-metre mast, which was reduce down and left on the seabed for future removing.

The mast needed to be indifferent to permit the hull to be delivered to a virtually upright place that will permit the craft to be surfaced, TMC Maritime mentioned earlier this week.

British investigators mentioned in an interim report issued final month that the yacht was knocked over by “excessive wind” and could not get well.

https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net — The 56-metre (184-foot) British-flagged Bayesian was identified for its single 75-metre mast, one of many world’s tallest fabricated from aluminium. (Perini Navi)

The report mentioned the Bayesian had chosen the location the place it sank as shelter from forecast thunderstorms.

Wind speeds exceeded 70 knots (130km/h mph) on the time of the sinking and “violently” knocked the vessel over to a 90-degree angle in underneath 15 seconds.

Lynch, who bought Autonomy, a software program maker he based in 1996, to Hewlett-Packard for $US11 billion in 2011, had been acquitted on fraud fees in June 2024 by a federal courtroom jury in San Francisco.