A DIVER engaged on tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken £14million superyacht has died – simply days after restoration operations started.

Robcornelis Maria Huijben Uiben, 39, was pronounced useless on Friday afternoon in Sicily and is believed to have been working for Dutch agency SMIT Salvage.

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Billionaire entrepreneur Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18, had been amongst seven individuals who died when the 56-metre (184ft) Bayesian sank off the coast of the Italian island on August 19.

The diver, who’s considered a Dutch nationwide, reportedly died when working 160ft under the ocean alongside different restoration employees to chop the increase of the yacht.

After an unsuccessful try utilizing wrenches to chop the part, the divers are believed to have used a blow torch.

Native media speculated that the person was hit by a part of the reduce increase because it got here off while he was underwater.

However police stated they’ve launched a probe to know what precisely prompted the person’s dying.

In response to different native media experiences, an underwater explosion was heard by at the very least one particular person earlier than the person was discovered useless.

Round 70 specialist personnel had been mobilised to the fishing village Porticello to work on the gruelling restoration operation, which started simply days earlier on Could 4.

Operations paused when the alarm was raised and the person’s physique was recovered.

On the dock, coastguards and the principle prosecutor engaged on the case, Raffaele Cammarano, had been current.

The large vessel is ready to be lifted to an upright place and delivered to the floor in about two weeks.

SMIT are the operators of the heavy lifting crane that has been introduced in together with one other assist ship to elevate the massive yacht.

The operation’s conclusion will hopefully make clear how the supposedly unsinkable superyacht fell to the underside of the ocean.

The horror shipwreck additionally took the lives of Morgan Stanley Worldwide Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and spouse Judy, lawyer Chris Morvillo and spouse Neda, and the ship’s prepare dinner Recaldo Thomas.

The £14million vessel was caught up in a storm off the coast of northern Sicily on August 19, capsizing and sinking to the ocean ground in mere minutes

An post-mortem revealed that 4 of the victims within the superyacht tragedy survived the preliminary sinking however later died in an air bubble contained in the wreck.

Jonathan Bloomer, his spouse Judy, Chris Morvillo and his spouse Neda – all survived the preliminary sinking.

Mike Lynch’s reason for dying was confirmed as drowning.

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Divers beforehand recovered 5 of the six lacking passengers – together with Lynch – in a single cabin on the left facet of the yacht which settled on its proper facet on the ocean ground.

Of the 22 onboard, 15 survived with 11 – together with Mike Lynch’s spouse – rescued on an inflatable life raft.

The captain of the doomed Bayesian, James Cutfield, 51, is being investigated for manslaughter.

Kiwi Cutfield, together with two different members of his crew, are being investigated by Italian authorities for culpable shipwreck and a number of manslaughter.

The salvage operation begun on Could 4 and consists of floating cranes, remote-controlled robots, and specialist divers amongst different marine specialists.

The Hebo Elevate 10 crane is considered probably the most highly effective in Europe and arrived in Sicily from Rotterdam.

The Italian Coast Guard consider the operation might take between 20 and 25 days.

The boat lies 160ft under the floor on the ocean ground.

The yacht’s 246ft aluminium mast – the second tallest on the planet – will probably be reduce to permit the hull to be delivered to the floor extra simply, stated coast guard Captain Nicola Silvestri.

About ten metal cables will then be threaded beneath the yacht to create a harness to lift it from the seabed. 

From there the yacht will probably be hoisted to the floor in a fancy process which can in all probability final two days.

After the wreck is introduced ashore, judicial authorities investigating the sinking will study it.

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