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CTV News
04-07-2025
- CTV News
RCMP accidentally cause wildfire near Lytton
RCMP accidentally cause wildfire near Lytton The RCMP say they caused the latest wildfire near the Village of Lytton accidentally during a rescue operation.
News.com.au
23-06-2025
- News.com.au
Moment tragic billionaire's yacht wreck is raised from depths after businessman Mike Lynch, daughter & 5 others died on board
This is the tragic moment the Bayesian superyacht wreckage is lifted from the depths of the sea – after seven people died when it sank off the coast of Sicily last summer. Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18, were among those on board the doomed vessel when it plummeted to the bottom of the Mediterranean. The vessel sunk in just 16 minutes after being hit by a violent downburst. Haunting images showed the Bayesian resurface for the first time in 10 months after it sank in August 2024. A gruelling rescue operation near the fishing village of Porticello, Italy, to recover the $A29 million yacht has been going on since May. Bystanders watched in awe as the multimillion-pound ship rose to the top of the water as it was dragged up by one of Europe's biggest cranes. A spokesperson for the rescue operation firm said the yacht had been raised slowly from its position 165ft below the surface. The TMC Maritime official said they had been at work for the last three days to allow the steel lifting straps, slings and harnesses to be secured properly under the keel. The top of the passenger area of the Bayesian was visible on Friday, but not the entirety of the vessel. The huge $A41million recovery undertaking has been plagued by delays and even more tragedy – after a diver working on the operation died last month. Robcornelis Maria Huijben Uiben, 39, died when working 160ft below the ocean alongside other workers – just days after recovery operations began. This has prompted some locals to believe that the sunken ship is 'cursed'. A source with TMC Marine told MailOnline: 'It was scheduled for Saturday but with the good weather and the accelerated progress things moved quickly on Friday and she was brought to the surface earlier than planned. 'She will remain half submerged until Saturday when the final lift will take place and she will then be sailed to a specially built cradle on the dockside.' Workmen were seen on the vessel's deck fixing guide lines as crews geared up for the next phase of the tricky recovery mission. When the wreck finally resurfaced, the Bayesian was missing its towering 236ft mast, which had been sliced off and left on the seabed to be hauled up later. Salvage teams said the mast had to be cut away so the yacht's hull could be tilted upright and brought to the surface. It comes after a bombshell report revealed the astonishing 'vulnerability' of Mike Lynch's 'unsinkable' Bayesian superyacht which led to its tragic demise. After examining the sinking of the 180ft Bayesian off Sicily last year, investigators now say the ship was knocked over by 'extreme wind' and could not recover. And they confirmed the vessel's critical weakness was that the ship was vulnerable to wind. An interim report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch said the yacht had a 'vulnerability' to lighter winds but the owner and crew would not have known. It added it had 'limited verified evidence' as the criminal probe in Italy had restricted its access. The major update comes amid the arduous salvage operation for the superyacht. Floating cranes, remote-controlled robots, and specialist divers among other marine experts have been brought in to recover the vessel. A Hebo Lift 10 crane, thought to be one of the most powerful in Europe, arrived in Sicily on Saturday, May 3, from Rotterdam. The first parts of tycoon Lynch's superyacht were raised from the seabed in late May Divers recovered the main boom and anchor of the ship nine months after it sank. A pole, which held the bottom of the sail on the 184ft yacht was also recovered. Billionaire Dr Lynch was celebrating being cleared of a massive fraud over the sale of Autonomy to computer giant Hewlett-Packard in 2011 when the Bayesian went down. The other victims were banker Jonathan Bloomer, 70, and his wife Judy Bloomer, 71, as well as US lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda Morvillo, and Canadian-Antiguan chef Recaldo Thomas. A further 15 people were rescued. Inside the Bayesian's final 16 minutes Data recovered from the Bayesian's Automatic Identification System (AIS) breaks down exactly how it sank in a painful minute-by-minute timeline. At 3.50am on Monday August 19 the Bayesian began to shake 'dangerously' during a fierce storm, Italian outlet Corriere reported. Just minutes later at 3.59am the boat's anchor gave way, with a source saying the data showed there was 'no anchor left to hold'. After the ferocious weather ripped away the boat's mooring it was dragged some 358 metres through the water. By 4am it had began to take on water and was plunged into a blackout, indicating that the waves had reached its generator or even engine room. At 4.05am the Bayesian fully disappeared underneath the waves. An emergency GPS signal was finally emitted at 4.06am to the coastguard station in Bari, a city nearby, alerting them that the vessel had sunk. Early reports suggested the disaster struck around 5am local time off the coast of Porticello Harbour in Palermo, Sicily. The new data pulled from the boat's AIS appears to suggest it happened an hour earlier at around 4am. Some 15 of the 22 on-board were rescued, 11 of them scrambling onto an inflatable life raft that sprung up on the deck. A smaller nearby boat – named Sir Robert Baden Powell – then helped take those people to shore.
The Sun
20-06-2025
- The Sun
Moment tragic Bayesian yacht wreck is raised from depths after billionaire Mike Lynch, daughter & 5 others died on board
THIS is the tragic moment the Bayesian superyacht wreckage is lifted from the depths of the sea - after seven people died when it sank off the coast of Sicily last summer. Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18, were among those on board the doomed vessel when it plummeted to the bottom of the Mediterranean. 8 8 8 8 The vessel sunk in just 16 minutes after being hit by a violent downburst. Haunting images showed the Bayesian resurface for the first time in ten months after it sank in August 2024. A gruelling rescue operation near the fishing village of Porticello, Italy, to recover the £14million yacht has been going on since May. Bystanders watched in awe as the multimillion-pound ship rose to the top of the water as it was dragged up by one of Europe's biggest cranes. A spokesperson for the rescue operation firm said the yacht had been raised slowly from its position 165ft below the surface. The TMC Maritime official said they had been at work for the last three days to allow the steel lifting straps, slings and harnesses to be secured properly under the keel. The top of the passenger area of the Bayesian was visible on Friday, but not the entirety of the vessel. The huge £20million recovery undertaking has been plagued by delays and even more tragedy - after a diver working on the operation died last month. Robcornelis Maria Huijben Uiben, 39, died when working 160ft below the ocean alongside other workers - just days after recovery operations began. This has prompted some locals to believe that the sunken ship is "cursed". A source with TMC Marine told MailOnline: "It was scheduled for Saturday but with the good weather and the accelerated progress things moved quickly on Friday and she was brought to the surface earlier than planned. "She will remain half submerged until Saturday when the final lift will take place and she will then be sailed to a specially built cradle on the dockside." Workmen were seen on the vessel's deck fixing guide lines as crews geared up for the next phase of the tricky recovery mission. When the wreck finally resurfaced, the Bayesian was missing its towering 236ft mast, which had been sliced off and left on the seabed to be hauled up later. Salvage teams said the mast had to be cut away so the yacht's hull could be tilted upright and brought to the surface. It comes after a bombshell report revealed the astonishing "vulnerability" of Mike Lynch's "unsinkable" Bayesian superyacht which led to its tragic demise. 8 8 After examining the sinking of the 180ft Bayesian off Sicily last year, investigators now say the ship was knocked over by 'extreme wind' and could not recover. And they confirmed the vessel's critical weakness was that the ship was vulnerable to wind. An interim report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch said the yacht had a 'vulnerability' to lighter winds but the owner and crew would not have known. It added it had 'limited verified evidence' as the criminal probe in Italy had restricted its access. The major update comes amid the arduous salvage operation for the superyacht. Floating cranes, remote-controlled robots, and specialist divers amongst other marine experts have been brought in to recover the vessel. 8 8 A Hebo Lift 10 crane, thought to be one of the most powerful in Europe, arrived in Sicily on Saturday, May 3, from Rotterdam. The first parts of tycoon Lynch's superyacht were raised from the seabed in late May Divers recovered the main boom and anchor of the ship nine months after it sank. A pole which holds the bottom of the sail on the 184ft yacht was also recovered. Billionaire Dr Lynch was celebrating being cleared of a massive fraud over the sale of Autonomy to computer giant Hewlett-Packard in 2011 when the Bayesian went down. The other victims were banker Jonathan Bloomer, 70, and his wife Judy Bloomer, 71, as well as US lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda Morvillo, and Canadian-Antiguan chef Recaldo Thomas. A further 15 people were rescued. Inside the Bayesian's final 16 minutes By Ellie Doughty, Foreign News Reporter Data recovered from the Bayesian's Automatic Identification System (AIS) breaks down exactly how it sank in a painful minute-by-minute timeline. At 3.50am on Monday August 19 the Bayesian began to shake "dangerously" during a fierce storm, Italian outlet Corriere revealed. Just minutes later at 3.59am the boat's anchor gave way, with a source saying the data showed there was "no anchor left to hold". After the ferocious weather ripped away the boat's mooring it was dragged some 358 metres through the water. By 4am it had began to take on water and was plunged into a blackout, indicating that the waves had reached its generator or even engine room. At 4.05am the Bayesian fully disappeared underneath the waves. An emergency GPS signal was finally emitted at 4.06am to the coastguard station in Bari, a city nearby, alerting them that the vessel had sunk. Early reports suggested the disaster struck around 5am local time off the coast of Porticello Harbour in Palermo, Sicily. The new data pulled from the boat's AIS appears to suggest it happened an hour earlier at around 4am. Some 15 of the 22 onboard were rescued, 11 of them scrambling onto an inflatable life raft that sprung up on the deck. A smaller nearby boat - named Sir Robert Baden Powell - then helped take those people to shore.
BBC News
12-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Kerala: Officials race to tow burning ship away from India coast to prevent 'ecological disaster'
The Indian Coast Guard is trying to tow a burning Singapore-flagged cargo ship away from the coast of Kerala in the Arabian Sea, to prevent "a potential ecological disaster".The Indian defence ministry on Wednesday said that the situation remains critical and efforts are under way to establish a tow line and pull the vessel away from the MV Wan Hai 503, which caught fire on Monday, is carrying 2,128 tonnes of fuel and hundreds of containers - including hazardous cargo - raising environmental concerns. Although visible flames have significantly reduced following firefighting efforts, the blaze remains active in the inner decks and near the fuel tanks, the ministry said. It added that five salvage team members and an aircrew diver have been sent to help with the towing operation. "The situation remains critical and is being monitored continuously."The vessel, which was heading to Mumbai city on India's western coast from Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, caught fire after an internal container explosion. Eighteen crew members have been rescued so far but four others are still missing and a massive rescue operation has been launched to find them. The Indian Coast Guard said that conditions at sea remain unfavourable and that their priority was to extinguish the fire and prevent a marine has deployed five ships, two aircraft and a helicopter to help douse the fire. A separate salvage team appointed by the ship owner, along with two vessels from the shipping ministry, are also helping with the efforts. This is the second shipping incident to have happened off Kerala's coast in less than three month, a Liberian-flagged vessel carrying oil and hazardous cargo leaked and sank in the Arabian Sea, triggering an environmental Kerala state government swiftly banned fishing within a 20-nautical mile radius of the shipwreck and announced compensation for families from fishing communities in four affected underwater operation has been launched to cap the ship's oil tank and salvage its News reported that on Wednesday, the Indian Ministry of Ports issued a formal notice to the vessel's management company, warning of legal action if extraction of oil from the ship is not started by Friday."The progress made in this operation is grossly inadequate and continues to fall short of the timelines and operational commitments previously provided by the salvors and owners," it BBC News India on Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
Yahoo
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Six people likely trapped under rubble in Kharkiv after Russian attack
Six people are most likely trapped under the rubble of an industrial facility in Kharkiv that was hit by a Russian attack earlier in the day, the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported. The rescue operation was ongoing as of 1:45 p.m. on June 7, reads the report. Contact with those trapped has been lost, the prosecutors added. Russian forces attacked Kharkiv with drones, missiles, and KAB guided bombs overnight on June 7, killing at least three people and injuring 22, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov. Syniehubov said that drones had struck civilian targets across the city, including a 9-story residential building, a local enterprise, a home, and other facilities. Two children were injured in the attack, including a 1-month-old baby, Syniehubov said. At least 40 explosions were recorded across the city amid the attack, local media reported. Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that the Osnovyanskyi and Kyiv districts of the city suffered strikes. According to Terekhov, 48 Shahed drones, two missiles, and four guided aerial bombs were launched toward the city. Located along the front line, Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine's northeast is a regular target of Russian missile, drone, and glide bomb attacks from across the border. Read also: Ukraine war latest: Russia hits Ukraine with large-scale attack days after Operation Spiderweb; Ukraine targets Russian air bases in 'preemptive strike' We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
