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 company overseeing the recovery of a superyacht that sank last year off Sicily says it has temporarily halted operations after a specialist diver died

A diver died on Friday during preliminary operations to recover a superyacht belonging to Mike Lynch, the British tech tycoon, off the coast of northern Sicily, local police said.