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.

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,