Overview

• Salvage teams have retrieved the yacht’s boom and anchor and plan to lift the hull once weather conditions improve.
• Following a diver’s death in a May 9 oxy-acetylene torch explosion, operations have shifted largely to submersible robots.
• A preliminary MAIB report identified the 236 ft aluminium mast as vulnerable to high winds during the storm.
• The Italian Sea Group rejects claims of a design flaw and maintains that an open hatch likely triggered the flooding.
• Relatives of the victims have signalled possible legal action if negligence is proven.