Photo: Royal Thai Navy

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: An Indonesian fisherman was rescued by a local fishing boat and taken to Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket Town on Sunday (June 13) after he was adrift at sea in a small boat for nine days after his boat engine failed.

 

Vice Admiral Choengchai Chomchoengphaet, Commander of the Third Naval Area Command, explained that the crew of local fishing boat ‘Boonlaap 2’ informed that Navy at 6:27pm on Sunday that they had found an Indonesian man adrift on a small boat south of Racha Noi Island, more than 30 kilometres south of Phuket.

 

Then at about 7:30pm, the crew informed the Navy that they would bring the man to the fishing pier on Koh Siray, Rassada, and asked for medical staff to be present when they arrived.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/indonesian-fisherman-rescued-by-phuket-fishing-boat-after-nine-days-adrift-80344.php

 

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Lucky Man!  I hope he recovers okay and is united with family soon.

 Lucky he was found and rescued by Thai fisherman. If it had been the Thai navy then who knows what the outcome may have been.

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