Jonathan Bloomer is one of six people missing, alongside British entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah.

Summary

  • Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy, and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo are among those missing after a British yacht sank in Sicily
  • British tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah are also missing
  • The yacht sank in bad weather in the early hours of Monday - 15 were rescued, six are missing, and a man’s body has been recovered
  • The body has not been formally identified, but the Palermo coastguard said it was the ship’s cook
  • The search is continuing on Tuesday - access to the boat’s cabins has been blocked by furniture
  • Separately, it has emerged that Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in a recent major legal case, Stephen Chamberlain, died on Saturday in a road accident
    • Iceblade@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Not OP but it would be far easier to contrive getting the boat to the storm. Most ships nowadays (particularly big ones) have autopilot. GPS interference or maybe even hacking (I’d bet a billionaires yacht has sattelite internet) could get it off-course without being too noticeable.

      Is it probable? No. Is it possible? Yes.

      It might be worth raising an eyebrow and asking the question at least.

    • dezmd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      3 months ago

      Obviously not, is there a reason you feel it necessary to mock my arbitrary comments on this other than just being a jackass bully?

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        121·
        3 months ago

        Believe it or not, mockery of your conspiracy theory and bullying you are not the same thing.

        And yes, I think the idea of there being a conspiracy when you can just look at a weather map and see the obvious explanation for what happened is worthy of mockery.

        • dezmd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          27·
          3 months ago

          Believe it or not, mocking people out of the gate with no context can be construed as being an asshole bully.

          I’m fully open to the idea that its not a conspiracy at all, but you’re too interested in a chance to mock ideas rather than ask or explore anything that diverts from your apparent need to punch down.

          This is a common theme for you and has been for a long time on here, one minute you seem to see yourself as a victim of bullies and even come to others defense, but the next minute you are attacking those you assume are outside of your bubble of belief while pretending sarcastic mocking excuses blithe arrogance.

          This isnt Reddit, why continue to bring that sort of vitriol here?

          • dogslayeggs@lemmy.worldEnglish
            61·
            3 months ago

            Look, when you say something stupid, you have to expect people to treat you like you are stupid. This isn’t him/her being a bully, this is just the expected result of you implying a tornado sinking a boat is somehow connected to a bitcoin theft.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
            32·
            3 months ago

            You said something ridiculous and I mocked it. Believe it or not, your statements do not have any right to go unchallenged. And I attacked your statement, not you personally. If you want to make the strange argument that I bullied your statement, go for it.

            • dezmd@lemmy.worldEnglish
              14·
              3 months ago

              You didn’t challenge the statement at all, all you did was make a sarcastic quip to mock it without any substantive reasoning, then followed up with dismissiveness when pushed back on.

              Your mocking statements do not have any right to go unchallenged.

              It’s a two way street based on your own logic tree. Let’s stop wasting time with contextual meta nonsense.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                21·
                3 months ago

                You’re welcome to challenge my mocking statements. Complaining that they are bullying when they were not a personal attack, however, is silly.