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Tourist Speedboat Collides with Reef near Koh Kood, Trat, All 12 Tourists and 3 Crewmates Rescued Safely


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Tourists survive speedboat crash in Trat
by Puntid Tantivangphaisal 

 

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Photo courtesy of Pattaya News


A tourist speedboat crashed into a reef 16 miles off the Laem Thian area on Koh Kut, Trat on January 24.

 

The Trat Coastal Aquaculture Research and Development Center (CARDC) dispatched three marine rescue speedboats at 2.30pm to the island with the aid of 12 tourists and three crew members who were stranded.

 

However, at one point the rescue teams lost contact with the group waiting for help, said a CARDC spokesperson.

 

“After 30 minutes, we were in the dark about the tourists and crew. It was a race against time and the vastness of the ocean.”


Undeterred, the rescue speedboats scoured the waters, expanding their search radius when the victims and their ill-fated vessel proved elusive. Battling treacherous waves, the rescue teams clung to the hope that the speedboat had been carried away by the currents.

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-01-26

 

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6 hours ago, nikmar said:

 

 

The rescue speedboats then searched the vicinity with the assumption that the speedboat might have drifted away due to the ocean waves. At 5:15 PM, the marine rescue teams spotted the victims floating with life jackets in a weary condition, reported the rescue teams.

 

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6 minutes ago, Mark17AA said:

Surely with all these boat incidents there must be a collective noun for this type of Hub wannabe (Thailand Hub of Sinkings)

 

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Land Of the Sunken boats 

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3 hours ago, Mark17AA said:

Surely with all these boat incidents there must be a collective noun for this type of Hub wannabe (Thailand Hub of Sinkings)

 

Further suggestions on a post card.

Sunk boats are us.com 🤣

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6 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

My guess - speeding for the current sea conditions lead the the boat breaking apart/flipping and sinking

 

driver error and poor decision making

I doubt speed was an issue

It wasn't a speedboat, it was a modified fishing boat to take people on fishing trips 

See earlier post with photo of the wooden fishing boat 'Netwari' of 24 gross tons used to take tourists on fishing trips.

 

 

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6 hours ago, Umlungu said:

Now if the tourists hadn't come to Thailand, this wouldn't have happened. Their fault. Deport them.

 

The passengers were all Thai 'tourists' out for a day's fishing trip. 

 

We're a little further up the coast, Chanthaburi, similar day and 4 hour evening (for squid) fishing trips available on wooden fishing vessels modified to take people out.

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