Man, 51, drowns at Karon Beach

The Phuket News

 

Beach safety personel were unable to revive the man after he was pulled from the water at Karon Beach. Photo: Phuket Marine Office

 

PHUKET:-- A 51-year-old man died today following unsuccessful attempts to resuscitate him after he was pulled unconscious from the water at Karon Beach.

 

Acting Lt Parskon Sirichuchot, a beach safety guard at Karon Beach, said, “We got the notice at 12.45pm that a tourist had disappeared near the rock cliff at Leam Sai.

 

The man was identified by beach safety personel as 51-year-old Mr Andy Airtley, but his identity and nationality has yet to be officially confimed.

 

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Drownings must be catching up with road death numbers.

Why are people swimming in such rough sea ?

How many more drownings will we see before the Phuket governor (or irresponsible person) reinstate the real life guards?

The red bull heir can drive a car and kill a Policeman, but tourists cannot swim in rough seas.

The red bull heir can drive a car and kill a Policeman, but tourists cannot swim in rough seas.

 

Well said Max.

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Another Russian. They seem to be competing with the Chinese in the drowning stakes this season.

At one stage today I was looking at the webcam of that area. The waves were quite large and frequent and the 2 semi-permanent rips in the area were prominent.

I was surprised to see people swimming in the rip near the southern rocks.

Perhaps I was watching this man's final moments

http://www.marinaphuket.com/live3.php

Thailands #1 'Tourist Mecca' and they can't even organize to have professional beach lifeguards on duty 365 days of the year... PATHETIC!! 

Let's just face the facts, officials don't give a  **** about the drownings, even though it's the beaches that allow these room temperature IQ officials to collect their envelopes.

1 hour ago, steelepulse said:

Let's just face the facts, officials don't give a  **** about the drownings, even though it's the beaches that allow these room temperature IQ officials to collect their envelopes.

 

I agree, SP.

 

The thing is, if there is a murder of a tourist here, they pull out all stops to apprehend the murderer, so not to have "Phuket's image tarnished." 

 

Yet, the tuk-tuk mafia can indirectly kill tourists by pushing them onto motor scooters, and swimmers can drown, due to lack of professional beach supervision, and these fools don't see it at "Phuket's image being tarnished." 

 

As I have said before, in the future, these guys will have to tell their children, or their grand children, how they oversaw the demise of the tourism industry here, and subsequent economic collapse.