The incident occurred while British tech tycoonMike Lynchwas celebrating his acquittal in a US fraud trial alongside his wife, his 18-year-old daughter, his lawyer Christopher Morvillo, and his wife Judy, Morgan Stanley’s Chairman Jonathan Bloom and his wife Neda, and fifteen other passengers.
HighlightsConspiracy theories emerge surrounding the sinking of Bayesian, a $33 million superyacht, connecting it to the recent death of Lynch’s co-defendant.Mike Lynch, a British tech tycoon, went missing after his yacht sank off the coast of Italy during his acquittal celebration with family and close associates.Lynch’s co-defendant in a fraud trial died in a suspicious car accident days before the yacht incident, sparking further conspiracy theories.Out of the 22 passengers on the yacht, only Mike Lynch’s inner circle went missing, leading to increased speculation and theories on social media.
The main points of suspicion are the unprecedented nature of the mast of the Bayesian, which made it the only yacht to sink in the disaster; the fact that no one was able to predict the intensity of the coming storm, which puzzled ship experts; and finally, the fact that out of the 22 passengers of the vessel, only Lynch’s inner circle is missing, while the other 15 passengers survived.
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Conspiracy theories surface in the aftermath of the Bayesian sinking as authorities launch an investigation to find the bodies of tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his inner circle
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Out of Lynch’s friends and family, only his wife, Angela Bacares, is confirmed to have survived.
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In May 2012, senior members at HP launched aninternal investigationthat revealed what they referred to as “serious accounting improprieties, misrepresentation, and disclosure failures at Autonomy prior to its acquisition.”
The case dragged on for almost 10 years, with the UK court ruling in favor of HP in 2022, finding that Mike Lynch had fraudulently inflated Autonomy’s value.
In June 2024, a year after Lynch had been extradited to the US to face charges, the Federal Court of San Francisco declared Lynch not guilty of fifteen counts of wire fraud, saving him from the possibility of facing up to 25 years in prison.
The yacht was equipped with an unprecedented 75-meter mast, which experts believe was instrumental in its downfall
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The yacht, which had ten crew members and twelve passengers aboard, was a 56-meter long top-of-the-line “pleasure vessel,” and it was strangely equipped with the world’s tallest aluminum mast at 75 meters.
Experts suggest that the massive structure may have played a crucial role in the vessel’s rapid descent to the seabed.
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According to Gino Ciriaci, a nautical expert and technical consultant, the mast broke during a waterspout, causing a domino effect that ended with the entire vehicle capsizing.
The weight of the fallen structure pushed the hull past its “down-flooding angle,” leading to itssinking. Ciriaci also explained that the force with which the Bayesian was hit was so strong that no matter what material the mast was made of, it would’ve been broken either way.
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Karsten Börner, captain of the Dutch vessel, reveals that “it all happened in really little time” and that the Bayesian sank in “a few minutes” after it was hit.
Borner and his team were instrumental in the rescue of the survivors of the tragedy.
“The storm was over. We noticed that the ship behind us was gone,” he recounted in an interview with theBBC. “And then we saw a red flare, so my first mate and I went to the position and we found this life raft drifting with fifteen people inside.”
“We brought them to our ship, and then we communicated with the Coast Guard. Then after some time, the Coast Guard came, and later they picked the injured people up.”
Boating experts were shocked as the weather forecast given to the captain of the vessel indicated a “light offshore breeze” the day of the tragedy, far from the violent storm that took place
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Waterspout captured in Leuca, Apulia, Italy on August 19, 2024.pic.twitter.com/82cwBJdsjv
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973)August 20, 2024
Aug 19: Four British nationals are missing after a yacht sank off the coast of Sicily
The 50-metre boat, which is called the “Bayesian”, sank at around 5am in the stretch of sea in front of Porticello in the province of Palermo
Date: 19/8/2024 = 1:8:8 = 17 (Q)
Bayesian⚡️125…pic.twitter.com/zQJ7hvSLx0
— Codey369 (@Codeym369)August 19, 2024
Re: yacht tragedy in Sicily.
As the human mind is drawn to, ‘what are the chances”, it’s jarring to see the yacht was named Bayesian; had a 75 foot mast that was possibly the longest Aluminum one in the world; & experienced a rare storm event (possibly waterspout/tornado).pic.twitter.com/1Gzvfsq0OG
— Carlos E Alvarez, PhD (@CarlosEAlvare17)August 19, 2024
🇬🇧🇮🇹 British tech magnate Mike Lynch has gone missing after the superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily.
Morgan Stanley International Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife are among those missing in the yacht crash off the coast of Italy.
The vessel was caught in a…pic.twitter.com/n2A3Wn1LcU
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo)August 20, 2024
“There were weather warnings out that evening for intense thunderstorms. They are still incredibly rare weather events,” explained Matthew Shank, chairman of the Maritime Search and Rescue Council.
“It was unprecedented,” he continued, arguing that under any other circumstances, theboatshould’ve been able to withstand the weather.
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“I’ve never heard of a 56-meter boat being sunk like this,” said the editor-in-chief of Boat International, Stewart Campbell, in aninterviewwith theBBC.
“This is a supremely well-made and capabletrans-oceanic vessel. They are designed to withstand extreme weather.”
“This particular event was clearly so violent, sudden and unforecasted that the captain had no way of knowing what was going to happen,” he explained. “The forecast was of a light offshore breeze.”
“None of my colleagues in the industry expected this. They are all as shocked as I am,” Campbell stated.
Netizens suspect an “inside job” as they congregate to share their own theories on the events surrounding the sinking of the Bayesian
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Across all social media platforms, readers have been sharing theirtheoriessurrounding the tragedy.
Some moreoutlandishusers are even calculatingesoteric numerical valuesto try and decipher some “secret conspiracy” code that might explain the events.
Others point to the death ofStephen Chamberlainas one of the moresuspicious aspectsof the story, talking about a secret “revenge” being responsible for the accident.
“I think his win against the US authorities was too much for them to stomach. Mike said that, without his significant wealth, he wouldn’t be able to navigate the legal system. They wanted revenge,” replied one reader.
“Inside job” Theorists continue to discuss the true nature of the events leading up to the accident, as the investigation progresses
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