Overview

• The yacht’s 56-meter hull was raised after ten months underwater and is now stabilized at Porticello ahead of detailed forensic examination.
• Underwater images released today show the interior coated in sediment but reveal no major breaches in the vessel’s superstructure.
• Italian prosecutors have charged the New Zealand captain and two crew members with negligence for reportedly ignoring storm warnings and abandoning passengers.
• Experts have ruled out an open deck hatch as the source of flooding, redirecting attention to possible design or construction vulnerabilities.
• Salvage teams plan to recover the severed 72-meter mast in the coming days to support structural testing and aid ongoing legal probes.