Search Resumes for 6 Missing After Mike Lynch’s Yacht Sank, but Hopes Dim

Rescue personnel operate at a port to search for the missing, including British entrepreneur Mike Lynch, after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, on Aug. 21, 2024. Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

PORTICELLO, Italy—Divers resumed a search on Wednesday for survivors after British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch’s yacht sank off the coast of Sicily two days ago, though hopes dwindled of finding the six missing people alive.

The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long (184-ft) superyacht, was carrying 22 people and was anchored off the port of Porticello, near Palermo, when it capsized during a fierce storm on Monday.