Sicily yacht sinking

The cause of the sinking, which killed seven of the 22 people on board, is still under investigation.

The cause of the sinking, which killed seven of the 22 people onboard, is still under investigation.

A salvage operation is under way to recover the Bayesian which sank off the Italian coast last August.

Seven people died after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily last summer, a coroner hears.

The inquests into the British tech tycoon, his 18-year-old daughter and two other victims of the yacht sinking have opened.

The bodies of tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah were among those inside the shipwreck.

Investigators believe their cabin filled with carbon dioxide as the oxygen supply diminished.