Work to recover the late British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's sunken superyacht off the coast of northern Sicily has been paused following the death of a diver involved in the operations, the company leading the effort said on Saturday.

The recovery operation of the superyacht Bayesian, sunk off the Sicilian coast, has been suspended after a diver died during the salvage efforts. The yacht, owned by Mike Lynch, sank a year ago in a storm that killed seven people,

The recovery of a superyacht that sank a year ago off the Sicilian coast was temporarily halted Saturday following the death of a specialist diver while working underwater, a spokesman for the company overseeing the operation said.