STAFF at the school attended by Hannah Lynch – one of the six believed to be trapped on the sunken Bayesian yacht – have spoken out about the tragedy.
The school said it is “incredibly shocked” over news that Hannah, 18, is feared dead alongside her billionaire tycoon dad Mike Lynch, 59, after the tragedy on Monday.
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The boat – which was anchored for the night off the coast of Palermo in Sicily, was caught in a storm, including a tornadic waterspout which snapped the mast, at around 4am on Monday.
The yacht was carrying 12 passengers and 10 crew, and sank within 60 seconds – with those unaccounted for now feared dead.
Some 11 survivors were dragged to safety on a small inflatable life raft including Hannah’s mum Angela Bacares.
The London Latymer School in Hammersmith told the Evening Standard: “We are all incredibly shocked by the news that Hannah and her father are among those missing in this tragic incident and our thoughts are with their family and everyone involved as we await further updates.”
The gifted teen was set to study English at the University of Oxford after recently finishing her A-levels, The Times reports.
She is thought to be the youngest of Mike Lynch’s two daughters.
Italian prosecutors in the nearby town of Termini Imerese have now opened an investigation into the disaster, according to local media.
They will seek to establish what caused the boat to sink and if any of the crew are criminally liable – or whether it was simply a freak weather event.
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