Royal Thai Navy leads marine rescue exercise in Phuket

By The Phuket News

 

The marine rescue exercise was led by the Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command. Photo: Royal Thai Navy

 

PHUKET: The Royal Thai Navy Third Area Command yesterday (Sept 19) led a marine rescue exercise and tabletop exercises which were also participated in by officials from the Phuket Provincial Office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket), Phuket Marine Office and other officials at Chalong Pier.

 

Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong was also in attendance.

 

DDPM-Phuket Chief Prapan Kanprasang said, “The marine rescue exercise simulated the recovery of people involved in boat accidents in Phuket.

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14 died and two ships sunk after being rammed, that's the way the cookie crumbles said the planners but we have learnt some valuable lessons, we've written them down somewhere.?

I fail to see the need for this "exercise," don't they get enough real accidents... but fail to learn anything.