Probe into Phoenix salvage death sinks

By The Phuket News

 

Divers work during the salvage effort to recover the sunken Phoenix tour boat. Photo: PR Dept

 

PHUKET:-- The investigation into the death of a diver working on the project to salvage the sunken Phoenix tour boat last week has stalled, with police accepting the official cause of death as a ‘lack of oxygen”.

 

Niphat ‘Joch’ Kludnak, 37,an employee of Spitz Tech Co Ltd, died after passing out and failling into the water from the back of the salvage boat on Sept 29.

 

Phuket Public Relations Department Chief Bussaya Chaipeum issued a statement three days later (Oct 2), stating that Mr Niphat died at 12:30pm on Sept 29 at the site where the sunken Phoenix lies on the seabed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/probe-into-phoenix-salvage-death-sinks-68951.php#eCVK1ORy4lzbE72k.97

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2018-10-11

Police accept "Lack of Oxygen" understandable as they steal so much of it.

Sometimes, not often Wikipedia gets it right.

To whitewash is a metaphor meaning "to gloss over or cover up vices, crimes or scandals or to exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data".^[1]

Yes there's not a lot of oxygen down in 40 mts of water..... great work einstein!

4 hours ago, pattayadgw said:

Yes there's not a lot of oxygen down in 40 mts of water..... great work einstein!

If you read the article you will see this refers to Josh's dead, not the death of the Chinese tourists.

 

I will say though that 'my investigation has not revealed any evidence of wrong doing' means he is not well versed in safe diving practices nor safe salvage practices.