Six rescued from Phuket fishing tour boat after two days adrift

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Six rescued from Phuket fishing tour boat after two days adrift

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PHUKET: A Royal Thai Navy search helicopter has located and coordinated the safe recovery of six people on board a fishing tour boat found adrift some 20 nautical miles off Promthep Cape, Phuket’s southernmost point, after two days missing at sea.

 

The six were safely brought back to Phuket by a Royal Thai Navy boat, reported local conservation group Go Eco Phuket, which first raised the alarm by posting an appeal from one of the crewman’s parents calling for the Navy to a launch for their son and his crewmates.

 

The boat, the “Jirin”, departed Phuket at about 8am on Friday (Dec 29), but at about 3pm one of the crewmen on board, named only as Mr Komsan, called home, saying that the oil line was leaking, the parents explained.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/six-rescued-from-phuket-fishing-tour-boat-after-two-days-adrift-65363.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-01-01

[soalbundy]

a leaky oil line, so it wasn't the brakes then.

[stevenl]

Strange that they were out of reach of the boat radio and could not reach another boat to get assistance. Or maybe there was an issue with the radio?

[Coconut Kidd]

"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship."
 

[impulse]

13 minutes ago, Coconut Kidd said:

"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship."

 

Dibs on MaryAnne.  You guys can have Ginger.

 

[KarenBravo]

No radio, no EPIRB, no SARTS, no flares or, chemical smoke.

Irresponsible amateurs.

[PETERTHEEATER]

,,,,,,,,,,called home, saying that the oil line was leaking, the parents explained.

 

How did he call home? Close enough inshore to get a cellphone signal or do his parents have a shore-to-ship radio?

 

stephenl wrote:

 

Strange that they were out of reach of the boat radio 

 

I can't find mention of a radio in the reports.

 

 

[stevenl]

20 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

,,,,,,,,,,called home, saying that the oil line was leaking, the parents explained.

 

How did he call home? Close enough inshore to get a cellphone signal or do his parents have a shore-to-ship radio?

 

stephenl wrote:

 

Strange that they were out of reach of the boat radio 

 

I can't find mention of a radio in the reports.

 

 

Yes, no mention of a radio, which is my point.

 

Not until almost at Racha Noi does the mobile signal stop, and even there it is working at some places.

 

And please write my name correct and quote the post in full, you left out a very important part ' Or maybe there was an issue with the radio? ', like not working or missing completely.

[Rhys]

Lucky for them... Go Navy...

 

[watcharacters]

 

 

 

 

Are  there regular Coast Guard inspections of vessels in Thailand to check seaworthiness and things like life vests? 

 

 

 

 

[meinphuket]

20 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

 

 

Are  there regular Coast Guard inspections of vessels in Thailand to check seaworthiness and things like life vests? 

 

 

 

 

55555555.....

[watcharacters]

34 minutes ago, meinphuket said:

55555555.....

 

 

Sadly  and I understand.   

 

Some people can't swim  a meter but boats commonly have no life vests.   

 

I don't worry about it from a personal standpoint as I watch  out for what I do.

[soalbundy]

It's lucky nobody got eaten, a thai two days without food, must have been awful for them.

[stevenl]

2 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

 

Sadly  and I understand.   

 

Some people can't swim  a meter but boats commonly have no life vests.   

 

I don't worry about it from a personal standpoint as I watch  out for what I do.

All these boats will have life jackets.

[watcharacters]

2 minutes ago, stevenl said:

All these boats will have life jackets.

 

 

 

 

 

Does that mean for each passenger taken aboard?

 

 

 

 

 

Just wondering??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[soalbundy]

9 hours ago, stevenl said:

Strange that they were out of reach of the boat radio and could not reach another boat to get assistance. Or maybe there was an issue with the radio?

They turned it on and all they got was the BBC

[stevenl]

35 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

 

Does that mean for each passenger taken aboard?

 

Just wondering??

 

Yes, checked every day by authorities.

[Stargeezr]

Who needs a radio, he had a cell phone. 555

Navy rules, who needs rules, we are talking about Thailand, right?

Geezer

[huuwi]

22 hours ago, stevenl said:

Strange that they were out of reach of the boat radio and could not reach another boat to get assistance. Or maybe there was an issue with the radio?

licence cost money, so no more radio

[300sd]

• VHF radio, emergency frequency channel 16. Always monitored by government marine officials!  Well maybe not in LOS. 
• It also helps to own a radio