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43 foreign Phuket tourists saved after speedboat capsizes on way to Koh Phi Phi

By Kritsada Mueanhawong

 

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43 foreign tourists from Phuket have been saved after water started pouring into a speedboat they were travelling in and capsized on the way to Koh Phi Phi.

 

At 11.40 am yesterday a speedboat named ‘Apitsada 1’ with 43 foreign tourists and two Thai guides, left from Chalong Pier to Koh Mai Thon and Koh Phi Phi.

 
When they were between Koh Dokmai (Flower Island) and Koh Keaw (Green Island), about 9.2 nautical miles from Phi Phi, the boat captain discovered that the boat was getting heavier. Crew found water getting inside the vessel and eventually causing it to capsize. There were boats nearby to rescue all the passengers.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/phuket/43-foreign-phuket-tourists-saved-after-speedboat-capsizes-on-way-to-koh-phi-phi

 

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1 minute ago, klauskunkel said:

Queen:

And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust

back in service tomorrow, quick dry out , a bit of duct tape over the hole - and bingo, away we go.

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7 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Sure glad the Phuket Marine office has been thoroughly inspecting and checking the safety of all the boats operating out of their jurisdiction.  The evidence of their hard work is clearly evidence in the OP article here.

 

Best post this week.

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i did this run from Krabi in Oct for my number one girlfriend's birthday. one of the two boat's engines failed on the way back.

 

the boat was now "off center" as only one engine was pushing the boat forward and sideways at the same time. it was really unstable.

 

the driver would speed up and we would start to turn sideways and then he would slow down. repeat over and over.

 

i told my girlfriend to put her jacket on and to hold on to her mask and snorkel.  

 

took an extra hour to get back. 

 

at least another boat came and followed us back. 

 

 

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14 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Sure glad the Phuket Marine office has been thoroughly inspecting and checking the safety of all the boats operating out of their jurisdiction.  The evidence of their hard work is clearly evidence in the OP article here.

 

 Yeah but be fair, the inspector has to play golf in the afternoons and help his wife sell cheap shit at the market in the mornings. Plus, he's entitled, he got the job through his uncle - therefore doesn't have to actually work, and never mind that he knows nothing about the subject involved. 

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