Diver dies working to recover sunken superyacht Bayesian just days into salvage operation

A diver working on billionaire tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken £14million superyacht has died - just days after recovery operations began.

Robcornelis Maria Huijben Uiben, 39, was pronounced dead on Friday and is believed to have been working for Dutch firm SMIT Salvage.

Lynch, 59, and daughter Hannah, 18, were among seven people who died when the 184ft Bayesian sank off the coast of the Sicily on August 19.

The diver reportedly died when working 160ft below the ocean alongside other recovery workers to cut the boom of the yacht.

After an unsuccessful attempt using wrenches to undo the section, the divers are believed to have turned to a blow torch.

Local media speculated that the man was hit by part of the cut boom as it came off whilst he was underwater.

But police said they have launched a probe to understand what exactly caused the man’s death.

According to other local media reports, an underwater explosion was heard by at least one person before the man was found dead.

Around 70 specialist personnel had been mobilised to Porticello to work on the gruelling recovery operation, which began just days earlier on May 4.

Operations paused when the alarm was raised and the man’s body was recovered.

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