PORTICELLO, Italy — Searches resumed for a third day Wednesday on the wreck of a luxury yacht that sank off Sicily, with hope fading that the six missing passengers would be found alive.
The search operation, which involves specialist divers aided by an underwater drone, continued until late on Tuesday and resumed at first light on Wednesday morning, firefighters said.The 56-meter British-flagged 'Bayesian' was anchored with 10 crew and 12 passengers on board when it was struck by a waterspout — akin to a mini-tornado — before dawn on Monday.One body was found in the hours after the sinking, believed to be the yacht's chef, and 15 people were rescued.
A coastguard official, Captain Vincenzo Zagarola, had told Italian radio on Tuesday morning that it was 'difficult to imagine' that the search would end well.But experts noted that superyachts such as 'Bayesian' were designed with watertight subdivisions.'There are records of survivors found in such air pockets,' noted Dr.
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