webfact Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Navy rescues tourists off Koh LantaKRABI: -- The Navy rescued nine French tourists on a diving trip after their boat malfunctioned off Krabi province on Monday night.The Navy was alerted at 8pm that a boat with foreign tourists has broken down about 15 nautical miles from Koh Lanta. Another boat apparently had tried to help but ended up colliding with the first due to strong wind and big waves.Four men, four women and a child were on the boat,Waves were too high for the Navy's rescue boat to draw close to the diving boat so officers threw lifebuoys and pulled the tourists to the rescue vessel.The entire procedure lasted more than an hour.Investigations revealed that the tourists had been taken on a dive trip to see the coral. After their boat broke down and the second failed to rescue them, the panicked tourists decided to call for help.Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Navy-rescues-tourists-off-Koh-Lanta-30253770.html-- The Nation 2015-02-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retell Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 What crazy captain goez out on a dive trip in that weather? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 What crazy captain goez out on a dive trip in that weather? I imagine all of them in Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 What crazy captain goez out on a dive trip in that weather? A "captain" driven by greed & stupidity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 And after the usual speculative frenzy of Thai bashing above ... Nice job done by the Thai Navy under difficult conditions!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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