Overview
- Italian prosecutors now attribute the 2024 sinking to crew mistakes rather than weather alone, with seven people dead including Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter.
- A new study, built from weather re-creations and data pulled from the yacht’s recovered hard drives, found no stand-alone extreme event and said conditions were manageable with standard precautions.
- Investigators are examining reports that the retractable keel was left raised and the yacht was not turned into the wind, actions that can sharply reduce stability in a side gust.
- The captain, a chief engineer and a deckhand are charged with negligent shipwreck and multiple negligent homicide as experts complete dynamics and flooding simulations.
- The Italian stance conflicts with an early UK MAIB view that pointed to possible structural weaknesses around the 75-meter mast and potential responsibility for builder Perini Navi.