Sicily luxury yacht disaster: What we know so far

Italian emergency services prepare to head toward the area off the Sicilian coast where the search continues six tourists missing after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of Sicily. (PA Wire)

Tech magnate Mike Lynch and five others are missing, feared dead after their luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the Sicilian coast.

The luxury vessel – named the Bayesian – was moored half-a-mile off the coast of Porticello when it sank around 5am local time on Monday.