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Rescue teams to try entering sleeping cabin of sunken Sicily yacht
BBC ^ | Aug 21 | BBC

Posted on 08/21/2024 2:57:40 AM PDT by RandFan

This is a very challenging operation.

Rescue services say they have teams of specialist divers who are used to working in small, cramped quarters. The depth of the shipwreck is proving a big challenge.

They have also been hampered, we’ve been told, by the fact that the boat is lying on its side and the access points are choked with debris, so it’s very difficult to gain access to the yacht itself.

What we understand is that they want today to try and get into a cabin where some of the missing may have been sleeping.

The rescue services know that with every passing hour, the chances of finding people still alive is diminishing.

However, in the words of one rescue worker, never say never.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bayesian; mikelynch; stephenchamberlain; thebayesian; unitedkingdom
Meanwhile the Express reports on the missing British billionaire:

Mike Lynch's net worth dropped before Bayesian superyacht sinking

1 posted on 08/21/2024 2:57:40 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovcOgJweuOc


2 posted on 08/21/2024 3:05:39 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: RandFan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY7TGND4H-g


3 posted on 08/21/2024 3:06:53 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: RandFan

Let sleeping cabins lie.


4 posted on 08/21/2024 4:34:13 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: RandFan
The rescue services know that with every passing hour, the chances of finding people still alive is diminishing...

Alive in the wreck, anyway...

5 posted on 08/21/2024 4:36:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: RandFan

Interesting. Thanks for posting.


6 posted on 08/21/2024 5:20:59 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: mewzilla

Well that would be an awfully long time to hold one’s breath.


7 posted on 08/21/2024 7:13:13 AM PDT by keat
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8 posted on 08/21/2024 7:14:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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