43 foreign Phuket tourists saved after speedboat capsizes on way to Koh Phi Phi

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43 foreign Phuket tourists saved after speedboat capsizes on way to Koh Phi Phi

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

 

43 foreign tourists from Phuket have been saved after water started pouring into a speedboat they were travelling in and capsized on the way to Koh Phi Phi.

 

At 11.40 am yesterday a speedboat named ‘Apitsada 1’ with 43 foreign tourists and two Thai guides, left from Chalong Pier to Koh Mai Thon and Koh Phi Phi.

 
When they were between Koh Dokmai (Flower Island) and Koh Keaw (Green Island), about 9.2 nautical miles from Phi Phi, the boat captain discovered that the boat was getting heavier. Crew found water getting inside the vessel and eventually causing it to capsize. There were boats nearby to rescue all the passengers.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/43-foreign-phuket-tourists-saved-after-speedboat-capsizes-on-way-to-koh-phi-phi

 

-- © Copyright The Thaiger 2019-01-26

[khwaibah]

Unbelievable Thailand. You can <deleted> UP A WET DREAM.????

Edited January 26, 2019 by khwaibah

[Mavideol]

No Chinese on board all other foreigners knew how to swim to safety.... no casualties, great news !!!!

[tifino]

Captain propbably thought that the problem would pass...

 

...like 'water under the bridge'

 

"oh wait there's water under the bridge! aaaahhhhhhhh!"

Edited January 26, 2019 by tifino

[petedk]

It will be interesting to see just why "water was getting into the boat". 

Overloaded or poor maintenance?

[tifino]

where's the Mythbusters?  - they need the ping pong balls

[bluesofa]

50 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

No Chinese on board all other foreigners knew how to swim to safety.... no casualties, great news !!!!

That'll take the wind out of the "Million Baht Found In Taxi" stories for a week or so.

[madmitch]

Is this supposed to be good news or bad?

[Lupatria]

So the merit making ceremonies and burning tons of incense at the TAT worked,- no Chinese involved.

I was told they also want to re-design all taxis so their favorite tourists from the new motherland won't get hurt in road accidents:

[hkt83100]

Did the pump(s) work?

[DoctorG]

7 minutes ago, hkt83100 said:

Did the pump(s) work?

Pumps? You think they had pumps? ????

[smedly]

On the roads on the water Thai standards and safety are extremely high - so high they are pie in the sky

 

Enforcement of standards costs money and nobody wants to pay it - pocket number one 

[dpeti73]

All these speed boats are old piece of shit wondering not happening daily 

[NCC1701A]

some ruined iPhones in that group. 

[bluesofa]

8 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

Pumps? You think they had pumps? ????

I always wear trainers, not plimsolls.

(It's a UK English reference)

[DoctorG]

3 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

I always wear trainers, not plimsolls.

(It's a UK English reference)

Been a long time since I last heard the word plimsolls.

[Emdog]

"...the boat captain discovered that the boat was getting heavier."

maybe he thought tourists were eating food they brought along and made boat heavier that way....

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Sure glad the Phuket Marine office has been thoroughly inspecting and checking the safety of all the boats operating out of their jurisdiction.  The evidence of their hard work is clearly evidence in the OP article here.

 

[Artisi]

32 minutes ago, hkt83100 said:

Did the pump(s) work?

what pumps?

 

[klauskunkel]

Queen:

And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust

[Artisi]

26 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

Pumps? You think they had pumps? ????

no pumps, they were tourists, not dancers.

[Artisi]

1 minute ago, klauskunkel said:

Queen:

And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust

back in service tomorrow, quick dry out , a bit of duct tape over the hole - and bingo, away we go.

[scorecard]

37 minutes ago, hkt83100 said:

Did the pump(s) work?

No, because they were designed and built for draining a small fish tank, but fitted anyway.

[scorecard]

7 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Sure glad the Phuket Marine office has been thoroughly inspecting and checking the safety of all the boats operating out of their jurisdiction.  The evidence of their hard work is clearly evidence in the OP article here.

 

Best post this week.

[NCC1701A]

i did this run from Krabi in Oct for my number one girlfriend's birthday. one of the two boat's engines failed on the way back.

 

the boat was now "off center" as only one engine was pushing the boat forward and sideways at the same time. it was really unstable.

 

the driver would speed up and we would start to turn sideways and then he would slow down. repeat over and over.

 

i told my girlfriend to put her jacket on and to hold on to her mask and snorkel.  

 

took an extra hour to get back. 

 

at least another boat came and followed us back. 

 

 

[klauskunkel]

6 minutes ago, Artisi said:

back in service tomorrow, quick dry out , a bit of duct tape over the hole - and bingo, away we go.

Duct tape..., I forgot about the duct tape!

Another one floats the boat.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

4 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Best post this week.

 

Sorry, in all modesty, I'd suggest this one instead!

 

 

 

[bluesofa]

20 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

Been a long time since I last heard the word plimsolls.

Well, seeing as there's a boat involved, perhaps we should draw a line under it.

(sorry!)

[scorecard]

14 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Sure glad the Phuket Marine office has been thoroughly inspecting and checking the safety of all the boats operating out of their jurisdiction.  The evidence of their hard work is clearly evidence in the OP article here.

 

 Yeah but be fair, the inspector has to play golf in the afternoons and help his wife sell cheap shit at the market in the mornings. Plus, he's entitled, he got the job through his uncle - therefore doesn't have to actually work, and never mind that he knows nothing about the subject involved. 

[bluesofa]

23 minutes ago, Emdog said:

"...the boat captain discovered that the boat was getting heavier."

maybe he thought tourists were eating food they brought along and made boat heavier that way....

Were they encouraged to 'dump' it in the sea?