IMPACT x Nightline: Gone In 16 Minutes: Sinking of The Superyacht (11/14)

THURSDAY, NOV. 14
IMPACT x Nightline: “Gone In 16 Minutes: Sinking of The Superyacht” (310) – Streaming Only on Hulu
Logline: A luxury superyacht sank off the coast of Italy in 16 minutes, sparking global intrigue. Inside the final moments of the Bayesian, one of the rarest sailing yachts in the world owned by billionaire Mike Lynch, told through many exclusive interviews.

Extended Logline: A luxury superyacht sank off the coast of Italy in just 16 minutes, sparking global intrigue as several of its wealthy passengers remained missing, including the yacht’s billionaire owner, British tech tycoon Mike Lynch. Lynch had just been given a second chance at freedom after avoiding decades in prison in a fraud trial. However, his new lease on life lasted only 74 days as he and his teen daughter were then reported dead, along with five others, in the sinking of his sailing yacht, Bayesian. “IMPACT x Nightline” investigates what could have caused the world-class yacht to sink and exclusively speaks to those who can paint a portrait of the man called Britain’s Bill Gates.

The Inside Scoop:

• ABC News Studios’ “IMPACT x Nightline: Gone In 16 Minutes: Sinking of The Superyacht” begins streaming on Thursday, Nov. 14, only on Hulu.
• The episode, led by “Nightline” co-anchor Juju Chang, features new, exclusive interviews with those close to Mike Lynch, and relatives of the superyacht sinking victims, including Greg Morvillo, brother of Lynch’s defense attorney Chris Morvillo, and Marko Kresojevic and Benedict Macklow-Smith, close friends of Hannah Lynch, the youngest of those deceased in the sinking.
• Additional new interviews include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Captain Glenn Shephard, sailing yacht captain and reality star on Bravo’s “Below Deck Sailing Yacht”
  • Danny Fortson, correspondent for The Sunday Times and host of the “Danny in the Valley” podcast
  • Dan Lenard, co-founder and chief of design, Nuvolari Lenard
  • Susannah Gurdon, a friend of the Lynch Family
  • Reid Weingarten, defense attorney for Mike Lynch
  • Marcello Meli, shipbroker, Luise Group
  • Stewart Campbell, editor in chief, Boat International Media
  • Patrick Jacob, a friend of the Lynch Family