Bangkok: Seventy five tourists evacuated as sightseeing boat sinks in the Chao Praya

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Bangkok: Seventy five tourists evacuated as sightseeing boat sinks in the Chao Praya

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Quick thinking actions of a boat captain were hailed as helping to save the lives of 75 Thai and foreign tourists after a three story pleasure boat sank at a private pier on the Chao Praya river last night. 

 

The "High Season 1" had earlier set sail from a hotel in the Rama 3 area further south.

 

When it reached the Phra Pokklao (Rama 7) bridge the captain realised something was amiss as it started to list. 

 

He docked at a privately owned jetty nearby in the area of Soi Somdej Chao Praya. 

 

A local official Jakree Sriraksa, 31, said that  the vessel was still afloat when he arrived and all passengers and crew were evacuated. 

 

It appears to have sprung a leak on the right side though an investigation is underway. Pak Klong San police were on the scene.

 

Daily News said that the vessel is owned by High Season Resort on Koh Kud in Trat province in the east of Thailand. 

 

Source: Daily News

 

 

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[leither69]

Ahh!! Boat sinking season, just in time for the hordes of Chinese they're thinking about letting in.  Can't make this up!!

[Colabamumbai]

You can always depend on a safe time in Thailand with the highest safety standards. How many life jackets on board? 

[tifino]

 a breakwater failure? 

[rtco]

Welcome to Thailand where we are "SAFETY FIRST" ... well according to all the signage we are anyway

[yellowboat]

Is boat surveyor a Thai only job?  It would seem that vacancies are not being filled.  Some of those gawd awful fishing boat skippers seem to be able to stay afloat for years.  Why do pleasure boats have some much trouble in Thailand? 

[Cake Monster]

1 minute ago, yellowboat said:

Is boat surveyor a Thai only job?  It would seem that vacancies are not being filled.  Some of those gawd awful fishing boat skippers seem to be able to stay afloat for years.  Why do pleasure boats have some much trouble in Thailand? 

I am not a marine Safety Engineer, but if you have a oat that is 3 storys high above the Water Line with a Draft of maybe only 1 Metre, then its top heavy.

Probably built this way with the sole objective of packing in the Tourists for maximum profit over Safety.

[Brunolem]

Foreign tourists??? 

 

I suppose these were tourists who had been stranded in Thailand since March, and not recently arrived tourists, which would be impossible, at least officially... 

[Rhys]

...so much for SV BJ Delos..

 

[VocalNeal]

sad looks like a nice converted rice barge.

[holy cow cm]

Thailand. Where you can experience a boat sinking or have someone float your boat all in one night.

[Elkski]

Talk is cheap!   

Thai politicians need to pull their heads out and do their jobs.   

[PETERTHEEATER]

1 hour ago, Colabamumbai said:

You can always depend on a safe time in Thailand with the highest safety standards. How many life jackets on board? 

Both of them.

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Bangkok: Seventy five tourists evacuated as sightseeing boat sinks in the Chao Praya

Safe trusted Thailand just gearing up for the return of tourists.... they should change the name from the high season to the "killing fields"

it just gets better and better.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 hours ago, leither69 said:

Ahh!! Boat sinking season, just in time for the hordes of Chinese they're thinking about letting in.  Can't make this up!!

 

Been a bad week for boats in Thailand, what with this sinking and the Samui ferry mishap the other day... But then again, EVERY week is probably a bad week for boats in Thailand, if you value your life.

 

[Parsve]

A sign of the maybe not so new "normal" in Thailand"

[steven100]

yesterday ferries with garbage truck sinking and now this ...  are the boats not safe  ?

[sammieuk1]

Thank god for quick thinking captains TAT nearly had to adjust their arrival/departure figures with some more horizontal ones????

[Grusa]

I can't help thinking the "private pier" owner will be mightily pi$$ed at the pile of junk (pun intended) blocking his jetty!

[Skeptic7]

Yep...most dangerous roads (and waterways?) in the world, but none of that matters as they're Covid Free!!! 

[poloshirt]

It appears some members of this forum seem to delight in the misery of others. Sometimes they crack a joke in bad taste.

[GBW]

kudos to the Captain and crew, everyone safe and well. 

But Im guessing the mooring fees might be a little exe ????

Cheers

GBW 

[soalbundy]

This will go down well in China. TAT...yeah but nobody died so we're safe right.

[katana]

Does a look a little top heavy with it not taking much to move its centre of balance to an unstable position.

[LukKrueng]

5 hours ago, leither69 said:

Ahh!! Boat sinking season, just in time for the hordes of Chinese they're thinking about letting in.  Can't make this up!!

 

5 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

You can always depend on a safe time in Thailand with the highest safety standards. How many life jackets on board? 

 

5 hours ago, rtco said:

Welcome to Thailand where we are "SAFETY FIRST" ... well according to all the signage we are anyway

yes, only in Thailand..............

[Redline]

Comforting to foreign tourists the last two days 

[torturedsole]

In the immortal [edited] words of B. A. Baracus, "I aint gettin' on no Thai rust bucket boat, Hannibal."

 

Seriously, who embarks these deathtraps? I'd take one look at that boat and my mind would be made up.  

[Duckster]

I can’t imagine a worse body of water to sink in.  One gulp of that soupy vile cesspool would certainly lead to tragic consequences.  The only advantage that the river would provide is all the buoyant trash and debris floating on the surface that would help a stranded survivor stay afloat.

[steven100]

2 hours ago, Duckster said:

I can’t imagine a worse body of water to sink in.  One gulp of that soupy vile cesspool would certainly lead to tragic consequences.  The only advantage that the river would provide is all the buoyant trash and debris floating on the surface that would help a stranded survivor stay afloat.

some actually fish in it ... and the Klongs look ten times worse ????

[chainarong]

19 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

You can always depend on a safe time in Thailand with the highest safety standards. How many life jackets on board? 

The biggest worry the boat was tied up at a private pier. ????????