Italy - Sailing yacht sank off Italian coast, 15 rescued, 7 missing, 19 August 2024

[Tortoise]

What I take from that is that poor Hannah Lynch slept through it and died in her cabin whilst at least three of the other five, including Mike Lynch, were trying to escape when the yacht sank. By the first cabin on the left I take it this means the cabin on the left nearest the bow. This cabin is right next to the stairway up to the deck. If the yacht was rolling to the right and sinking by the stern, why head for the cabin to the left of the stairway rather than the stairway itself?

Perhaps the stairway became blocked and they ended up there because there might have initially been an airpocket for a short window of time.

(speculation)

 

[JDG]

Hannah Lynch's body 'was found on her own in yacht cabin'

Five others, including her father, were found in a separate compartment, reporters were told in Termini Imerese on Saturday morning.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[SouthAussie]

There is a photo of the staircase here (the inset). It could be that there were strong waters pouring in along the staircase and those who were found in the cabin just couldn't traverse the staircase - which would now have been laying sideways.

Bayesian yacht latest: Sicily authorities open manslaughter investigation after bodies of Hannah and Mike Lynch found

The prosecutor's office is at the very early stages of investigating a so-called "crime hypothesis" of culpable shipwreck and manslaughter.

www.bbc.com

 

[Dotta]

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