The flight attendants, aged 20 and 22, who survived the Bayesian superyacht disaster say they are ‘alive by a miracle’ as they reveal the terror of the sinking ordeal

Two young women who were working as stewardesses on the superyacht Bayesian when it sank have broken their silence about their ordeal.

Leah Randall, 20, and Katja Chicken, 22, were on board the £30m ship when it was suddenly hit by a tornado with a windspout shortly before 5am on Monday.

The crew members escaped along with the yacht’s captain, New Zealander James Cutfield, and Angela Bacares, the wife of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who owns the Bayesian.

Leah, originally from South Africa, and Katja, who is German, have been staying at the Domina Zagarella hotel in Santa Flavia, which has been used as a base by emergency services during the search and recovery mission.

The couple were reported to be in a state of shock and tearfully told Italian media: “We are alive by a miracle.”

One of the women said in a trembling voice: “It was terrible,” ANSA news agency reported.

They were reported to be in a state of distress and were unable to provide further details.

This comes after Leah’s mother Heidi Randall told Sky News: ‘I am beyond relieved that my daughter’s life has been saved by the grace of God.

“It is not easier to live with the pain of those who have lost their lives or are missing.”

Leah was photographed leaving Coast Guard headquarters yesterday alongside a fellow crew member.

Other survivors included Irishwoman Sasha Murray, 29, Matthew Fletcher, 41, from London, James Catfield, 51, from New Zealand, Myin Htun Kyaw, 39, from Myanmar, crew member Leo Eppel and Frenchman Matthew Griffith.

Two crew members, Tus Koopmans and Eaton Parker, were also identified as survivors on Tuesday afternoon. No details of their age or nationality were given.

Speaking from a hospital room in the town of Termini Imerese, near Palermo, Mr Catfied, in a state of pain and shock, could only utter one sentence.

“We didn’t see it coming,” he told La Repubblica.

All but one crew member on board the superyacht survived, and the ship’s chef, a Canadian citizen, was the first person found dead in the tragedy.

Today, search teams recovered the bodies of two of the missing people: Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah.

The tragic discovery occurred while they were examining the remains of the Bayesian.

The head of Civil Protection confirmed that the bodies had been identified as those of Mr Lynch and his daughter, before announcing that two more bodies had been found and were about to be recovered by divers.

Four other guests have been missing since the sinking, and specialist divers are desperately trying to access the ship in the hope that survivors may be alive in air pockets inside the vessel.

Among the missing are Morgan Stanley boss Jonathan Bloomer, his wife Judy, and US citizens Chris Morvillo and his wife, jewellery designer Neda Morvillo. The body of one crew member, chef Recaldo Thomas, was found on Monday.

The bizarre incident occurred as the 59-year-old, dubbed “Britain’s Bill Gates”, was enjoying a “victory ride” to celebrate his win. His fraud trial in the United States Sale of its technology business Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for £8.3bn.

Salvo Cocina, head of Sicily’s civil protection agency, confirmed that two bodies were found in the wreck today and that divers had already brought them to the surface.

He did not confirm the identity of the victims or whether they were men or women.

“On behalf of myself and my colleagues, I would like to express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and express our sympathy and closeness to them at this difficult time,” he said.