Video footage captured the moment catastrophe struck off the Italian coast.
The Italian Coast Guard released videos of the 130-foot superyacht My Saga sinking into the Mediterranean Sea.
The yacht was traveling from Gallipoli to Milazzo when it began taking on water at the stern Saturday evening.
The Coast Guard dispatched two patrol vessels to rescue the nine people on board, and a tugboat to tow the vessel back to port in Crotone
The vessel was partially submerged during the rescue effort and listed to starboard — nine miles off the coast of Catanzaro Marina.
Footage captured the moment when the vessel’s bow went up into the air. Rescuers were forced to forfeit the operation and the steel-hulled yacht quickly disappeared beneath the waves stern-first.
The Italian Coast Guard said harsh weather and sea conditions, in addition to the increasing incline of the vessel on its starboard, made retrieving My Saga “impractical.”
My Saga was the first yacht of its caliber that Monaco Yachting and Technologies had built by 2007. The yacht was purchased by an undisclosed owner in 2022.
The Italian Coast Guard has launched an “administrative investigation” into the cause of the incident.
