'Sit down!' video captures sinking of Chao Phraya Ferry

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'Sit down!' video captures sinking of Chao Phraya Ferry

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

 

BANGKOK — A survivor of the fatal ferry accident that killed at least 27 passengers posted a video Tuesday afternoon of the moment the vessel foundered and started to sink.

 

“Sit down, sit down!” two passengers shout after double-decker boat, overloaded with more than 100 Muslim travelers, struck a concrete berm and began listing.

 

Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/videos/2016/09/20/sit-video-captures-sinking-chao-phraya-ferry-video/

 

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[z42]

Truly truly awful for those killed in this appallingly negligent and wholly preventable incident.

I very much doubt sny lessons will be learned. Just some mere scapegoating rather than changes for the better i suspect. RIP to all those who sadly never made it

[jamesbrock]

Not sure if this video has been posted:

 

 

[Just1Voice]

This ferry was rated for a capacity of 50, but had over 100 on board. The almighty baht strikes again.

 

[Keesters]

14 hours ago, jamesbrock said:

Not sure if this video has been posted:

 

 

 

 

In case anybody had problem viewing this as I did, Firefox didn't work, Chrome did, I found it on YT

 

 

Tragic

 

 

Edited September 21, 2016 by Keesters

[jamesbrock]

2 minutes ago, Keesters said:

 

 

In case anybody had problem viewing this as I did, Firefox didn't work, Chrome did, I found it on YT

 

 

Tragic

 

Thanks for that.

 

Tragic indeed.

[little mary sunshine]

So sad..  100 people on a boat designed to

hold 50... Not careless, greed and murder comes

to mind!

[sahibji]

17 hours ago, z42 said:

Truly truly awful for those killed in this appallingly negligent and wholly preventable incident.

I very much doubt sny lessons will be learned. Just some mere scapegoating rather than changes for the better i suspect. RIP to all those who sadly never made it

something must be done so that such events do not repeat. 

[sahibji]

2 hours ago, jamesbrock said:

 

Thanks for that.

 

Tragic indeed.

wow the boat went down really fast. the strong river currents made matters worse.

[dunroaming]

A real tragedy.  One of so many in Thailand with no lessons ever learnt

[metisdead]

Off topic posts have been removed. 

[Toknarok]

     It must have been awful for them. Watch it again and see if you can spot ANYONE wearing a lifejacket. I can't.

[F4UCorsair]

On Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 6:38 AM, Just1Voice said:

This ferry was rated for a capacity of 50, but had over 100 on board. The almighty baht strikes again.

 

That's a big boat, licensed to carry only 50?? Maybe 150 In my view.  Think about how many the Chayo Phraya river ferries carry, 150+ at a guess, and nowhere near the size of this vessel.

[F4UCorsair]

8 hours ago, Toknarok said:

     It must have been awful for them. Watch it again and see if you can spot ANYONE wearing a lifejacket. I can't.

I'm sure It's not a requirement to wear a life jacket for the duration.  There was little time to don them after the collision. Explained.