Here it is :

w w w .oknation. net/blog/roungkaw/2009/11/03/entry-1

in thai :

วันอังคาร ที่ 3 พฤศจิกายน 2552

!!! ระทึก! เฟอร์รี่ข้ามเกาะสมุยหวิดล่ม !!!! ข่าวล่าสุด

Posted by รวงข้าวล้อลม , ผู้อ่าน : 451 , 08:24:17 น.

หมวด : นักข่าวอาสา

พิมพ์หน้านี้

ระทึก! เฟอร์รี่ข้ามเกาะสมุยหวิดล่ม หลังถูกคลื่นซัดจนฝาระวางหน้าเรือเปิด น้ำเข้า ผู้โดยสารคว้าชูชีพหนีตายอลหม่าน

วันนี้ (2 พ.ย.) ผู้สื่อข่าวรายงานว่า เจ้าหน้าที่ศูนย์เฝ้าระวังรักษาความปลอดภัย จ.สุราษฎร์ธานี ได้รับแจ้งจากกัปตันเรือโดยสารเฟอร์รี่ ชื่อ ซีทราน เฟอร์รี่ 1 ว่า ได้เกิดเหตุฉุกเฉินหลังเพิ่งออกจากท่าเทียบเรือดอนสัก เพื่อมุ่งหน้าไปส่งนักท่องเที่ยวยังท่าเทียบเรือหน้าทอน อ.เกาะสมุย ได้เพียง 30 นาที แต่เกิดคลื่นลมในทะเลสูงกว่า 2 เมตร ซัดกระทบเรือจนทำให้ฝาระวางหน้าของเรือเกิดเปิดออก และน้ำทะเลเข้ามาภายในเรือ จนผู้โดยสารที่เป็นนักท่องเที่ยวทั้งไทย และต่างชาติกว่า 500 คน ตกใจวิ่งคว้าเสื้อชูชีพหนีตายอลหม่านไปบนดาดฟ้าเรือ แต่โชคดีที่ทางกัปตันสามารถกลับลำมุ่งเข้าฝั่งยังท่าเทียบเรือดอนสักได้ อย่างปลอดภั

เบื้องต้นความเสียหายยังไม่สามารถประเมินได้ ส่วนรายละเอียดจะรายงานให้ทราบต่อไป

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หนังสือพิมพ์เดลินิวส์

news.sanook.com/ระทึกคลื่นซัดเฟอร์รี่หวิดล่ม-843520.html

วันนี้อากาศที่จังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานี ฟ้าปิด ครึ้มๆ มืดๆมากค่ะ ลมแรงมากทีเดียว

ขออนุญาติฝากกระทู้นี้หน่อยนะคะ

สวยจริงๆค่ะ

~~ .. สวยดูดี. รังผึ้งแบบนี้หาดูได้ยากนะ.~~

Google translation in english :

Tuesday, November 3, 2552.

!!! Extremely! Ferry across the crash near Koh Samui!! Latest news.

Posted by spike wheels Wind, Readers: 451, 08:24:17 pm

Category: Journalists volunteers.

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Extremely! Ferry across the crash near Koh Samui. After being wave splash pages and covers freight ships into open water buoy passengers escape death Wins disorder.

Today (2 November) journalist reported. Center staff monitored security. Suratthani. Has been notified by passenger ferry captain name C. Trans Ferry 1 that has an emergency exit just after Donsak Wharf. To head to send tourists to Navy Pier face down Tue Samui only 30 minutes, but the waves of 2 meters above sea dart impact and make boat covers boat portion of the opened page. And sea access by boat. And passengers are tourists, both Thai. And foreign people panic-run win over 500 life jacket escape death on the deck to panic. But good luck to the aircraft captain to head back into the side Wharf Donsak safely.

Preliminary damage estimates can not be. The details will be reported to the next note.

From.

Newspaper Daily News.

Today it closed at Surat Thani sky glow with dark any more help other very pretty windy.

We allowed leave this little post นะ help.

Beautiful really help.

never seen the ferry but i hope it wasn't similar to the zeebrugge disaster in the eighties where they left the bow doors open to long and it sank, sounds like they got lucky.

Sorry but translation made no sense.

I initially deleted this topic as translation was hopeless, but then I don't like to be accused of keeping secrets or some other innuendos. As far as I can determine, the ramp opened due to high seas.

Can someone please try & give a proper translation, from one of the quoted links.

I thank they used the same program for translation that is used on pirated DVD's

I don't know about the Donsak ferry but I was on the Koh Tao one on Tuesday and the journey was horrendous. The waves were around the 6-8 metres. I took some people diving as they said it was OK but they wanted me to dive in the middle of nowhere. The captain even refused to return to samui so we had to come back by Seatran. It didnt run on Wednesday either. They had cancelled the snorkelling but still decided to take my money for the diving. They should have cancelled all tours and warned passengers that the journey would be bad to give those with no deadlines the option of leaving a few days later when the wind has died down. All in all a bad day and having a meeting with the Seatran boss tomorrow about it. I will let ou know how it goes.

Yesterday Haad Rin Queen boat, Lompraiah and I am not sure about Songserm didn't move their boats from Koh Phangan. Only Raja ferry navigationg. Waves 4-5 metres.

I don't have updates for today.

Sorry but translation made no sense.

I thought it was fine & i'm just glad the Aircraft Captain managed to head back to Donsak Wharf safely...

I find this story could be true as many times I've travelled they don't lock the front ramp with the latches have a look next time when in the car deck. 500 passengers seem's a lot on one ferry. Oh well it's another accident waiting to happen like the plane crash some months ago.

Seatran Ferry Nearly Sank (open Door) With 500 Passengers Onboard...

...500 passengers...

Is that a normal number this time of year ?

LaoPo

I find this story could be true as many times I've travelled they don't lock the front ramp with the latches have a look next time when in the car deck. 500 passengers seem's a lot on one ferry. Oh well it's another accident waiting to happen like the plane crash some months ago.

They seem to lower/raise the ramp some distance from the shore. Seems nothing has been learned from the "Herald of Free Enterprise disaster"

Just a few inches of water slopping around the car deck weighs tons, and this movement in heavy seas is enough to capsize the boat.

Bit confused though...how was the aircraft crash an "accident waiting to happen"? Are you a member of the Accident Investigation Branch per chance??

if the captain's driving was as bad as the this translation then i think we are all doomed. i hope the captain of the boat does not mistake the boat for an aircraft and pilot the wrong vechile. i thought i was bad but even i had to laugh at this english.

would also like to know how i can give a "beautiful really help"

Seatran Ferry Nearly Sank (open Door) With 500 Passengers Onboard...

...500 passengers...

Is that a normal number this time of year ?

LaoPo

Full Moon Party has just been & gone, so that would add to the figures.... for travellers....

I know one company here that took about 600 Full Moon'er's to Haad Rin & Back to Samui, on the night of the FMP...

So very possible ....

if the captain's driving was as bad as the this translation then i think we are all doomed. i hope the captain of the boat does not mistake the boat for an aircraft and pilot the wrong vechile. i thought i was bad but even i had to laugh at this english.

google translation does not do so well with the Thai language, I have found.

this scares me

this scares me

Thanks for the pic ,halfhead , exactly what i was waiting for. Life jakets etc..... and even worse with Ratcha...

Rooo, sorry for my first 'attitude' but with halfhead's pic here we are ended.

this scares me

but it doesnt surprise me

I can confirm that on Raja Ferry one week ago the inflatables liferaft was in the same condictions of the above picture. Maintenance expired in 2007

Sorry but translation made no sense.

like so many other things here in LOS

Seatran Ferry Nearly Sank (open Door) With 500 Passengers Onboard...

:huh: ...500 passengers...

Is that a normal number this time of year ?

LaoPo

Sounds a lot, only they will know by tickets sold....

Let's NOT "hope" that there is another disaster waiting!