Chief Petty Officer Khunakorn “Mor Champ” Jariyot. Photo: Thai Rath

 

By Thai Newsroom Reporters

 

CHIEF PETTY OFFICER Khunakorn “Mor Champ” Jariyot had survived strong winds and high tides alongside other sailors after their navy corvette had capsized and sunk Sunday night. Yet hours later the chief petty officer was nowhere to be found among those sailors who had been rescued to safety from the stormy sea in the Gulf of Thailand.

 

CPO Khunakorn, the sole male nurse attached to HTMS 442 Sukhothai which sank 19 nautical miles off Prachuap Khiri Khan, is currently reported one of 23 missing persons following the mishap which has so far claimed six fatalities among a total of 106 crewmembers and marines.

 

Remarkably, CPO Khunakorn had kept his big nursing bag with him, oblivious to the naval survival rule which calls for sailors to weigh as lightly as possible to struggle with high tides and stormy weather in the sea. As a professional, the male nurse was seen carrying his hefty kit despite the circumstances under which he had to float alongside three other sailors as HTMS 442 Sukhothai, deployed since 1987, was slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/12/21/naval-male-nurse-mysteriously-missing-after-being-rescued/

 

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I don't understand anything...

In the link he was initially rescued but went back into the water to assist others.

There doesn't seem to be any mystery here.

45 minutes ago, Hakuna Matata said:

I don't understand anything...

......nor do they!

God bless him for going back out to try to rescue others. 

 

All gave some... some gave all.

55 minutes ago, Hakuna Matata said:

I don't understand anything...

Neither did the maintenance department 

This is Thailand... nobody understands anything as strange things happens all the time

Sounds like the captain of the Estonia

A very brave man who went back in to the sea to try and rescue his shipmates.  I hope he survives, although by now sadly it is highly unlikely.

So divers have been inside the ship.  Wonder why they have not found bodies.

5 hours ago, Hakuna Matata said:

I don't understand anything...

Best not to try in Thailand..