Overview

• Angela Bacares said she awoke to violent swaying at 4 a.m., felt safe after checking with the captain and did not anticipate the vessel’s sudden roll and sinking.
• The MAIB interim report faulted missing wind-related data in the stability manual and the yacht’s unusually tall mast for creating critical stability risks.
• Salvage teams have completed a forensic inspection at Termini Imerese, recovering surveillance footage and encrypted drives for ongoing analysis.
• Italian magistrates are preparing to decide whether to indict Captain James Cutfield, engineer Tim Parker Eaton and nightwatchman Matthew Griffiths for manslaughter and shipwreck charges they deny.
• A High Court ruling that Lynch’s estate owes over £700 million to Hewlett-Packard adds a separate financial dimension to the lingering legal fallout.