Twenty three Indian tourists saved after boat sinks off North Pattaya

[webfact]

Twenty three Indian tourists saved after boat sinks off North Pattaya

 

Picture: Thai News Agency

 

PATTAYA: -- Two speedboats came to the rescue some two kilometers off the North Pattaya coast when a boat carrying 23 Indian tourists sank yesterday.

 

All aboard were saved as the boat developed a leak and quickly sank. Most of the Indian tourists had cuts and bruises sustained in the sinking and many were in shock, reports Thai News Agency.

 

The tourists were ferried to the area near the Dusit Hotel by two speedboats that took part in the rescue near the island of Koh Jun.

 

Authorities in Pattaya swiftly forbid small boats and speedboats from ferrying passengers to Koh Larn as high winds and heavy seas hit the area.

 

Source: Thai News Agency

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-12-30

 

 

[smedly]

16 minutes ago, webfact said:

Authorities in Pattaya swiftly forbid small boats and speedboats from ferrying passengers to Koh Larn as high winds and heavy seas hit the area.

always after the fact before they act

[fruitman]

Good advertising for the new catamaram to Hua Hin....

 

I won't go on ANY Thai boat, only the ones close to land i will use.

[Pdaz]

Ha.. I read the headline and thought, " They must be testing the new Pattaya-Hua Hin ferry"

 

 

[whatproblem]

Using any type of transport in Thailand is like playing Russian roulette 

[jacko45k]

So wouldI be assuming too much to say the boat that sank with 23 passengers and a driver was 'a small boat'?

[SteveB2]

Apparently, the boat hit a wave, which caused the hull to leak which sunk the boat.

But at least, the front didn't fall off - 'chance in a million' 

 

[DD13]

A gallon of petrol and a box of matches is the best remedy for those rotting heaps of plywood 

[soalbundy]

during the rescue the Indians sold 15 suits and 20 blouses.

[raphoedon]

117 of the 23 people saved said they would be making insurance claims. 

[jaywalker]

39 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

during the rescue the Indians sold 15 suits and 20 blouses.

 

Nice one!

[Thaiwrath]

1 hour ago, soalbundy said:

during the rescue the Indians sold 15 suits and 20 blouses.

 

I hear one was in a bad way, taken to hospital, and is in a korma.

[littlepe]

2 are Nan too well.

 

[RajendarMangalagiri]

2 hours ago, soalbundy said:

during the rescue the Indians sold 15 suits and 20 blouses.

did you buy any?

or are you just too cheap??

[soalbundy]

56 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

 

I hear one was in a bad way, taken to hospital, and is in a korma.

What is a korma ? If is something you can sew he couldn't sell it

[sirmud63]

3 hours ago, whatproblem said:

Using any type of transport in Thailand is like playing Russian roulette 

yep , life is cheap here .

[soalbundy]

8 minutes ago, RajendarMangalagiri said:

did you buy any?

or are you just too cheap??

I wait for 'buy one cheap, get two free' 

[roo860]

I heard the last words before the boat sank were, "Keep Korma and Curry On".

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[sekmet]

On the upside,  they only purchased four tickets.

[littlepe]

8 minutes ago, roo860 said:

I heard the last words before the boat sank were, "Keep Korma and Curry On".

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Yup and, go in an orderly fashion, no bhajing cos its windaloo and the water is jalfreezing.

[TSF]

Wonderful isn't it. Come to Amazing Thailand for your holidays and get fished out of the sea after your crummy old boat sinks. Get dumped at the side of the highway by your tour bus driver. Get fined by immigration for not reporting your whereabouts every 24 hours. Get beaten unconscious by Thai thugs in bars and clubs when you object about paying padded bills.  

 

From all reports tourism numbers are way down this high season. Wonder why?

[FredNL]

4 hours ago, whatproblem said:

Using any type of transport in Thailand is like playing Russian roulette 

 

And in Thailand Russian roulette is played with a pistol. Thai prefer a Glock.

Thai police still wonder if Russian roulette is allowed by the Thai anti gambling laws.

[soalbundy]

8 minutes ago, TSF said:

Wonderful isn't it. Come to Amazing Thailand for your holidays and get fished out of the sea after your crummy old boat sinks. Get dumped at the side of the highway by your tour bus driver. Get fined by immigration for not reporting your whereabouts every 24 hours. Get beaten unconscious by Thai thugs in bars and clubs when you object about paying padded bills.  

 

From all reports tourism numbers are way down this high season. Wonder why?

Lousy suits ?

[Sooo Upto Me]

4 hours ago, soalbundy said:

during the rescue the Indians sold 15 suits and 20 blouses.

 

And measured up another 10 on the way to shore. ?

 

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[Redline]

With all the carnage of the headlines today alone, tourists are going to be tired of the unsafe conditions in this country.  It is unfortunate, but hardly unprecedented.  Bye bye tourists

[Nemesis7]

5 hours ago, RajendarMangalagiri said:

did you buy any?

or are you just too cheap??

Unbelia

5 hours ago, soalbundy said:

I wait for 'buy one cheap, get two free' 

Unbelievable , how sick minded some people can be and makes silly jokes on people's life and death issues. What color or nationality has to do with tragedy!! Some morons would never understand the value if a human life 

[champers]

Nobody died. Bad taste is integral to good humour.

[soalbundy]

1 hour ago, Nemesis7 said:

Unbelia

Unbelievable , how sick minded some people can be and makes silly jokes on people's life and death issues. What color or nationality has to do with tragedy!! Some morons would never understand the value if a human life 

mark me up in your PC book as couldn't give a sh*te. You seem over concerned with colour and race, nobody mentioned that except you, are you a closet racist?

[UnkleMoooose]

Damn those speedboats!!!

[fruitman]

10 hours ago, sirmud63 said:

yep , life is cheap here .

 

Yes but that catamaran ain't cheap. It costs about the same as flying to Chiang Mai which is much further and much faster.