Throughout the incident, lots of the crew helped elevate passengers out of the capsized boat earlier than they ultimately entered the water because the vessel continued sinking. As soon as within the water, a member of the crew “instructed the company and crew current there to swim away from [the yacht].”

As survivors collectively gathered within the water, the boat’s chief officer swam over and launched a life raft from the sinking ship. Round 4:24 a.m., the group inflated the life raft and boarded it. 

About 20 minutes later, a crew member fired a flare into the air and the 15 survivors had been rescued by a close-by ship referred to as Sir Robert Baden Powell.

On account of the tragedy, seven of the boat’s passengers—billionaire tech mogul Mike Lynch, his daughter Hannah, Morgan Stanley Worldwide Chairman Jonathan Bloomer, his spouse Judy Bloomer, passenger Christopher Morvillo, his wife Neda Morvillo and the yacht’s chef Recaldo Thomas—sadly died.

Because the MAIB proceed their investigation, the group said of their interim report, “There may be the chance that new proof could turn into obtainable that may alter the circumstances as depicted on this report.”