Jai Dee Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Foreign tourist drowns as Pattaya boat capsizes PATTAYA, Dec 7 (TNA) - Thai police in the seaside resort southeast of Bangkok have recovered the body of a Turkish tourist from coastal water near an island where a boat carrying nearly 20 Turkish tourists capsized Tuesday. Three passengers were injured in the accident and the victim, Ichami Ozturic, went missing. Mr Ozturic's body was discovered on Thursday morning. The boatman was charged with reckless operation of his motorboat following the accident, which occurred when the craft was heading to Koh Larn from Pattaya, about 170 kilometres southeast of Bangkok. Koh Larn lies about 7.5 kilometres off of Pattaya by a 45-minute ferry or 15 minutes by speedboat ride. Source: TNA - 7 December 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 What a terrible loss of life, and a reminder how delicate life is when on these boats, wear the life jacket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nawtilus Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 And if you are with someone who speaks thai, do not hesitate to tell the driver to slow down or drive properly if he is fooling around. Also do not hesitate to tell the driver not to leave shore, or get off his boat, if he smells of whiskey or the boat seems overloaded. No body in this country will look out for you, you have to do it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COBBER Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 The report that i saw on the local tv news also said that the boat was licensed for 15 passengers but was carrying 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john b good Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 The report that i saw on the local tv news also said that the boat was licensed for 15 passengers but was carrying 22. Nothing new in that. At least they are being consistent (as well as greedy) TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 The report that i saw on the local tv news also said that the boat was licensed for 15 passengers but was carrying 22. Nothing new in that. At least they are being consistent (as well as greedy) TIT Not only here. Ferries are constantly overloaded in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Philipines, Sri Lanka. I regret there is little regard for fair paying passengers safety all over the world when it comes to money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Foreign tourist drowns as Pattaya boat capsizes PATTAYA, Dec 7 (TNA) - Thai police in the seaside resort southeast of Bangkok have recovered the body of a Turkish tourist from coastal water near an island where a boat carrying nearly 20 Turkish tourists capsized Tuesday. Three passengers were injured in the accident and the victim, Ichami Ozturic, went missing. Mr Ozturic's body was discovered on Thursday morning. The boatman was charged with reckless operation of his motorboat following the accident, which occurred when the craft was heading to Koh Larn from Pattaya, about 170 kilometres southeast of Bangkok. Koh Larn lies about 7.5 kilometres off of Pattaya by a 45-minute ferry or 15 minutes by speedboat ride. Source: TNA - 7 December 2006 Poor bugger could not run away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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