Two bodies found after Sakon Nakhon boat sinking

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Two bodies found after Sakon Nakhon boat sinking

 

Two bodies of victims of a boat sinking were retrieved on Friday morning, while one person remained missing in Sakon Nakhon's Nong Han Lake.

 

Six members of a family from Ubon Ratchathani had been on a long-tail-boat ride at the famous attraction in Phone Na Kaew district when the boat, suspected of having been overloaded, sank about 800 metres from shore on Thursday afternoon.

 

Three people including a boy swam to shore but three others were missing initially. 

 

The lifeless body of Umaporn Somboon, 20, was retrieved on Friday at 8am and that of her husband Teerasak Naisawang, 27, at 9.30am, Phone Na Kaew Precinct officer Pol Major Sakkarin Phothinam said. 

 

Divers from the Metthatham Foundation were looking for the last missing person, Manit Somboon, 26.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30312279

 

 

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[gk10002000]

Are they really that bad swimmers?  Were there strong currents?  Those long tail boats are not noted for their stability, but still, there is a fair amount of boat traffic there.  Unless the boat really went to the bottom, I would have thought it might capsize, fill with water, etc.  but still partly stay afloat?  Couldn't just hang on and get picked by a passing boat?  Of course I bet no life vests were worn. Goodness, me and my buddies growing up were all on the swim and dive teams, I was a lifeguard, but even when we go out on our little lake up in New Hampshire in the rowboat or canoe we wore life vests.  Such needless deaths

[AliasJohn]

Probably no strong currents, it's a fact of life that Thai people are not as lucky as you and not taught to swim. A person that can't swim will sink like a rock. This is not New Hampshire. No surf life saving when your 650 kms from the sea. Sad and tragic ending for the holiday for their family.


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[whaleboneman]

15 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

Are they really that bad swimmers?  Were there strong currents?  Those long tail boats are not noted for their stability, but still, there is a fair amount of boat traffic there.  Unless the boat really went to the bottom, I would have thought it might capsize, fill with water, etc.  but still partly stay afloat?  Couldn't just hang on and get picked by a passing boat?  Of course I bet no life vests were worn. Goodness, me and my buddies growing up were all on the swim and dive teams, I was a lifeguard, but even when we go out on our little lake up in New Hampshire in the rowboat or canoe we wore life vests.  Such needless deaths

Long-tail boat has no built in buoyancy and a huge engine on the back. I imagine it would be on the bottom in seconds. 

[aboctok]

7 hours ago, AliasJohn said:

Probably no strong currents, it's a fact of life that Thai people are not as lucky as you and not taught to swim. A person that can't swim will sink like a rock. This is not New Hampshire. No surf life saving when your 650 kms from the sea. Sad and tragic ending for the holiday for their family.


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He's talking about mindset, not luck. If the overriding philosophy in your life is laeo dtae, then you probably won't learn how to swim. Which is okay, if you then stay out of small boats. Yes, absolutely tragic. But also a mindless waste. But people don't like us to say that because it's not nice to hear.