Diver, 39, dies working to recover Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht Bayesian just days after salvage operation began

A DIVER working on tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken £14million superyacht has died – causing cops to launch a probe.

Robcornelis Maria Huijben Uiben, 39, was pronounced dead on Friday afternoon in Sicily and is believed to have been working for Dutch firm SMIT Salvage.

The 184ft £14million superyacht in Sicily before it sank

Billionaire entrepreneur Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18, were among seven people who died when the 56-metre (184ft) Bayesian sank off the coast of the Italian island on August 19.

Around 70 specialist personnel had been mobilised to the fishing village Porticello to work on the gruelling recovery operation, which began earlier this week.

The massive vessel is set to be lifted to an upright position and brought to the surface in about two weeks.

SMIT are the operators of the heavy lifting crane that has been brought in along with another support ship to lift the huge yacht.

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