Russian tourists rescued in Pattaya bay as boat develops engine trouble

Picture: Sophon Cable

 

More than 100 Russian tourists were rescued from a stricken pleasure boat in Pattaya bay after it developed engine trouble yesterday.

 

Police Lieutenant Colonel Piyapong Ensarn of the local tourist police said that 114 people were on the boat when calls were received on the 1155 hotline that they were in trouble.

 

Sophon reported on Facebook that the double deck boat is run for pleasure cruises by Pattaya Bay Cruise Co Ltd.

 

All the tourists were brought back to shore on speedboats.

 

Mechanics were looking into the engine trouble on the boat.

 

Source: Sophon Cable

 

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Shouldn't be a problem,  Just switch to the emergency engine? Who's the class certifying body anyway?

Thai maintenance... 

 

3 hours ago, tompelli said:

Shouldn't be a problem,  Just switch to the emergency engine? Who's the class certifying body anyway?

I believe it's Bureau Veritas. Never heard of an emergency engine though. Although an emergency generator is standard.

Surprised that a boat this large was not twin screw (2 engines) . All of the boats used in Thailand for tourist purposes should be surveyed and inspected at least once a year.

What? no tow rope to pull the boat closer to shore?

14 hours ago, whaleboneman said:

I believe it's Bureau Veritas. Never heard of an emergency engine though. Although an emergency generator is standard.

Point taken. I used engine for the non-technical....what drives the e-gen? Anyhow I would have thought that a commercial vessel with capacity of over 100 passengers would/should have one? 

The dudes swimming don't look to be in any distress.

Emergency generator is normally driven by a diesel engine and located on the upper deck. It's purpose is to supply power to emergency equipment such as lights, communications, fire and bilge pumps, steering pumps etc. in the event of failure of ships service generators or main switchboard.

In my experience on passenger ships there were always multiple propulsion engines so an engine failure would not leave you dead in the water.

However, there are some common systems that could cause propulsion failure regardless.

When I travel on ferries, I always try and get down to the engine room to look around (something that is rarely possible in the western world). Then I go and sit outside on the aft deck so I can make a quick escape in the likely event of a catastrophe.

14 hours ago, Searat7 said:

Surprised that a boat this large was not twin screw (2 engines) . All of the boats used in Thailand for tourist purposes should be surveyed and inspected at least once a year.

Sure, but like everything else those brown envelopes always interfere.

114 people on the boat

How meny is the maximum? 

Anyone there know that?