MORGAN Stanley boss Jonathan Bloomer and his wife survived the sinking of Mike Lynch’s superyacht but suffocated in an air bubble.
The £14million vessel was caught up in a storm off the coast of northern Sicily on August 19, capsizing and sinking to the sea floor in mere minutes.
PAJonathan and Judy Bloomer died in the sinking of the luxury yacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily[/caption]
Autopsy reports now suggest the couple had “suffocated” after oxygen ran out in an air bubble below deck, as reported by Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
According to the autopsy report, their lungs were “not full of water and neither were their stomachs or trachea”.
Experts said the air bubble that initially saved the couple would have run out very quickly and filled with “toxic carbon dioxide”.
It comes after the official causes of death for two other victims on the tragic superyacht were revealed.
Autopsies carried out on another couple Chris and Neda Morvillo confirmed they both died by drowning, sources said on Monday.
Officials found “no sign” of any other injuries which may have resulted in their deaths.
Autopsies on the remaining seven victims are set to be completed throughout the rest of the week as the judicial investigation into the tragedy continues.
The luxury superyacht was caught up in a horror storm which caused it to sink in the early hours of the morning.
Of the 22 onboard, 15 survived but tragically seven died including lawyer Chris and his wife Neda.
Brit billionaire Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah were among those who died along with the yacht chef Recaldo Thomas.
It comes as the captain of the doomed Bayesian, James Cutfield, 51, is being investigated for manslaughter.
Kiwi Cutfield, along with two other members of his crew, are being investigated by Italian authorities for culpable shipwreck and multiple manslaughter.
Prosecutors are probing ship engineer Tim Parker-Eaton, from Clophill, Beds, and sailor Matthew Griffith, 22 under the same charges.
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