Read previewThe maker of Mike Lynch's superyacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily, said it was "absolutely stable" and that it never should have gone down.
It went down in 16 minutes," Costantino told the Financial Times.
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Advertisement"The water came in from [hatchways] left open," Costantino told FT. "There is no other possible explanation.
Witnesses told BBC News they saw a waterspout — an uncommon weather phenomenon consisting of tornadolike wind and water — before the ship went down.
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Sicily, Palermo, Italy, London