AYUTTHAYA BOAT ACCIDENT

Death toll rises to 20 in boat tragedy

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Eleven passengers still missing, vessel licensed to carry 50 but had over 100 on board

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- THE DEATH TOLL from Sunday's Chao Phraya River boat tragedy has risen to 19, as the search operation continued yesterday for at least 11 missing passengers. 

Another 52 passengers are injured, one seriously.

 

The Sombatmongkoncha boat, which partially sank on a stretch of the river in Ayutthaya province, was licensed to carry only 50 passengers.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Death-toll-rises-to-20-in-boat-tragedy-30295727.html

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2016-09-20

Another over crowded transport vehicle in Thailand.  The more cattle you can jam in means more money and to hell with safety concerns a baht is far more valuable than a life.

Standby for TAT and the Minister to weigh in as this will be seen as a tragedy but not because of the sad loss of life but for the potential damage to the image of the tourist industry.

Body of 22nd victim of boat accident retrieved /The Nation

How do you teach a culture a concept like safety when that concept is completely void in the people of that culture?  Difficult to even find a starting point......

The March 8, 1992 incident, 129 deaths, also involved a religion-related trip.

 

At least 129 people were feared drowned when a Thai ferry collided with an oil tanker and sank in coastal waters southeast of Bangkok. Eighty-nine ferry passengers were confirmed dead, and at least 40 more were missing, officials said. At least 21 were rescued. Survivors were taken to hospitals in the town of Si Racha, and the bodies of victims were placed in a Buddhist temple. The accident occurred in a busy channel used by tankers and cargo vessels off Si Racha. A relief official said the ferry was taking mostly local Chinese back to the mainland after a weekend trip to Si Chang island, about 15 miles off the coast. They had reportedly been visiting a well-known animist shrine. The official said the ferry sank about half a mile offshore after colliding with the Thai oil tanker.

44 minutes ago, cardinalblue said:

How do you teach a culture a concept like safety when that concept is completely void in the people of that culture?  Difficult to even find a starting point......

 

The void extends from ear to ear

1 hour ago, cardinalblue said:

How do you teach a culture a concept like safety when that concept is completely void in the people of that culture?  Difficult to even find a starting point......

 

By article 44 krab.

 

The captain was not even qualified to drive a passengerboat so hang him high! Just like they did in Korea when a passengerboat sunk...

4 hours ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Standby for TAT and the Minister to weigh in as this will be seen as a tragedy but not because of the sad loss of life but for the potential damage to the image of the tourist industry.

and a "one off"

They should also go after the owners as they are the ones that allow more then 50 passengers on a boat that was licensed for 50.

Death toll of Ayutthaya boat accident rises to 29

The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- The confirmed death toll of the tragic boat accident on the Chao Phraya River in Ayutthaya climbed to 29 Tuesday while three other victims were still missing.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Death-toll-of-Ayutthaya-boat-accident-rises-to-29-30295756.html

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2016-09-20

Is the "captain" arrested already btw? 

6 minutes ago, Thian said:

Is the "captain" arrested already btw? 

Already done,67 year old,,expired licence......As usual complete denial that he was at fault!!

Death toll rises to 26 in Ayutthaya boat tragedy

 

 

AYUTTHAYA: -- An extensive search continued this morning for three other people who went missing after the Ayutthaya boat tragedy in the Chao Phraya river on Sunday, as authorities now put the death toll at 26.

 

Search team comprising over a hundred men scouting along the river and both banks in boats and on foot from the sunken boat in front of Wat Sanamchai temple down to Bang Pa-in and Bang Sai which is 30 kilometres away this morning.

 

But by late in the morning, they have not yet found the missing three persons.

 

They were identified as Mrs Thongbai Kantharalak, 89, and two boys, Apinan Sangkam, 2, and Apilak Boonyarak, 3.

 

Last night and at 2.30am today they recovered six bodies, some as far as over 5 kilometres from the scene.

 

Of the 26 victims died from drowning at the scene and at Ayutthaya hodpital, 20 were female, and 6 were male.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/death-toll-rises-26-ayutthaya-boat-tragedy/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2016-09-20

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Last night and at 2.30am today they recovered six bodies, some as far as over 5 kilometres from the scene.

 

 

How's that possible? I saw a jetski very close to the boat when it sunk......

it will possibly increase as more floating bodies are found perhaps some distance away from the scene of the accident as the current looked strong.

Ferry captain charged as more bodies pulled from Chao Phraya

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter -

 

Rescue workers at the scene early Tuesday morning in Ayutthaya province.

 

AYUTTHAYA — The skipper of a ferry which sank in the Chao Phraya River was charged with four crimes including fatal recklessness Monday as the death toll from the accident rose to 27 today.

 

Six more bodies were recovered Tuesday morning from the Chao Phraya River in Ayutthaya province about five kilometers away from the where the accident occurred at Wat Sanamchai. Two passengers remain missing from Sunday’s accident.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/crime-crime/2016/09/20/ferry-captain-charged-bodies-pulled-chao-phraya/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2016-09-20

39 minutes ago, Thian said:

 

How's that possible? I saw a jetski very close to the boat when it sunk......

the missing persons would have been carried off by the strong current.

1 hour ago, nookiebear said:

Already done,67 year old,,expired licence......As usual complete denial that he was at fault!!

the employers should also be blamed for this for failing to check his documentation. how can he deny that he was not at fault. if nothing else he was not licensed  to pilot the boat.

1 hour ago, robblok said:

They should also go after the owners as they are the ones that allow more then 50 passengers on a boat that was licensed for 50.

the owners cannot be absolved from the blame although they may say the operators on the boat did the overloading.

Another stain on Thailand's face. 

1 hour ago, Thian said:

 

By article 44 krab.

 

The captain was not even qualified to drive a passengerboat so hang him high! Just like they did in Korea when a passengerboat sunk...

the employers of such a captain are at fault.

2 hours ago, canopus1969 said:

 

The void extends from ear to ear

begin in schools...

7 hours ago, Thechook said:

Another over crowded transport vehicle in Thailand.  The more cattle you can jam in means more money and to hell with safety concerns a baht is far more valuable than a life.

you are right, an unfortunate fact of life.

22 minutes ago, sahibji said:

the employers of such a captain are at fault.

 

Maybe he lied to them and told he was qualified to drive passengerboats?

And how can there be a big pole underwater, even without warningsigns?

 

Who built that pole there? It's waiting for accidents to happen...

 

Rickety, leaky over loaded boats, dumbass for skippers, and an attitude that nothing wrong

will happened to us, they never learn do they? not even from dozens of boats accidents

in not too long  ago where dozens have died in similar fashions,

than also there was a call for overhauling the system and the service, all fell on deaf ears,

and now we see that in this country, they never learn.....

 

Do the passengers carry any responsibility for going on the water without life jackets, knowing they can not swim? Seriously.

 

8 hours ago, Thechook said:

Another over crowded transport vehicle in Thailand.  The more cattle you can jam in means more money and to hell with safety concerns a baht is far more valuable than a life.

Yes this scene plays out every day until something goes terribly wrong. There will be lots of blame to go around unfortunately the real party responsible will be the one cracking the whip looking for as many people to trot out and point the finger at. They will become the flavor of the month to try and keep others in line. This saves the cost and time of having inspectors monitoring boats sizes, loads and pilot qualifications. A short cut to safety. Well I must go check the mailbox to see if my Ex-pats party invitation has arrived yet. 

It was a biggish boat with two decks. No way licensed for just 50 people.

It's a busy river - there can hardly be an underwater obstacle big enough to sink it.

On the video it seems like it just ran straight into the concrete bank - pilot lost control in the current?

As usual, no useful details in the reporting.