1 dead, 6 missing after tourist sailboat sinks off Italy's Sicily

ROME, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- One body was identified and six people are still missing after a sailboat with 22 people on board sank on Monday in Italy's Sicily, local media reported.

The 49-meter sailboat sank at around 5 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) in the stretch of the sea in Palermo, the capital city of Sicily, Ansa news agency reported.

The people on board were mostly British, with some crew members from