Everything We Know About This Tech Tycoon's Superyacht Disaster

It's a nightmare unfolding before our eyes. How did a freak storm sink this "unsinkable" superyacht?

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[Celisar]

I thought we had given up on calling any seafaring vehicle “unsinkable” after the Titanic.

[tomasx]

That’s scary when you sleep in your cabin and the vessel flips and gets flooded with water so quickly that you have No time to escape. Worst Way to die knowing you can’t escape .RIP

[kevinconville]

Off the coast of Sicily huh? Maybe this rich guy pissed off the wrong people. Coincidentally, his co-defendant got hit by a car just prior to this "accident"

[theroadking]

It's hard to see a torpedo in the dark

[shereemorgan]

Never use the word unsinkable as a ship builder! Nothing is unsinkable, nothing!

[lesliemartin]

I feel bad for all the innocent victims and their families. But I also feel bad for all the people whoes lives were destroyed by the larcenous acts of Mike Lynch and Stephen Chamberlain. Anyone who worked for HP during the time of the Autonomy acquisition will understand what I mean. You may be able to pull off a multi-billion dollar fraud, avoid extraction for a decade, and even manage to beat the rap in court. But you can't get away from karma.

[croatiansensation]

To call any ship unsinkable is simply unthinkable...

[eliassalcedo]

A super rich Oligarch dies, misteriously 🤔

[ItsMe-yvjd]

?? A lawsuit is being filed... suing a 'tornado' is a new one for those greedy lawyers.

[marilynh.]

This was no accident - no way .
This owner and lawyer had made many enemies.

[rplpalacio]

Lynch was last heard saying “ god couldn’t sink this yacht “ like on the titanic.

[ottototo]

Nobody messes with Hewlett Packard. Nobody.

[k_enn]

Many experts blame it on human error since the keel, which would counterbalance the mast, was not sufficiently lowered and this resulted in the capsizing of the vessel. There are also reports that portholes were left open.

[gg-wkww]

This is what ignorance and arrogance gets you.

[stephenwlodarczyk]

An unsinkable super yacht sinks. Isn’t that an oxymoron.
A storm sinks the one boat of a billionaire celebrating with friends. After being acquitted of fraud charges. Sounds like poetic justice to me.

[Adarkanexi]

Man you gotta keep those hatches sealed. I heard that the vessel had the world’s tallest mast, or something to that effect. The taller it is, the more wind it can collect. Sad story.

[redneckrocker]

He pissed off a bigger fish, plain and simple. I would look for a round hole in the hull or laser burn.

[Joanie-cuwr]

Nothing unsinkable. So tragic loss of a family. Condolences. Wish a hood recovery for those rescued.

[DocScience]

They should outline the conditions that could cause it to sink, instead of labelling it as "unsinkable" . For instance, a boat made out of foam, can sink if parked beside a large ship and the large ship happens to drop it's anchor on it and drags it to the bottom.

[julieschubert]

It sounds like revenge on the ship owner. Storms can be manufactured.