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

[Boon Mee]

35 minutes ago, dpeti73 said:

All these speed boats are old piece of shit wondering not happening daily 

Got that right. 

 

Talked into taking a boat trip from hell out to those islands a few months ago. 

Seen better-equipped bum boats in W. Africa than 90% of the junk plying out of Ao Nang. 

[worgeordie]

43 tourists,2 guides, Crew ? and Captain, seems a lot of people

in a not very big speedboat,judging from the bit sticking out of

the water,they will never learn, room for one more,jump in !

regards Worgeordie

[Ramdas]

I’m always uneasy if not scared to take any of these regular boats/speed boats which I found it even more frightening 

Most of these boats are driven by kids having fun speeding up on the waters being completely reckless and needless to say couldn’t care less of his passengers ! You’re literally endangering your own life each time you jump on one of these crappy beaten up boats, mind you even if they’ve fairly new boats the danger still persists since they’ve got no sense of reaponsabilty either any training ! You’re in arm’s way ????

[CanuckThai]

Can we assume another free mango and sticky rice extravaganza is in the works?

[RotBenz8888]

2 hours ago, rooster59 said:

43 foreign tourists from Phuket have been saved

See? Thailand is safe!

[HighPriority]

2 hours ago, petedk said:

It will be interesting to see just why "water was getting into the boat". 

Overloaded or poor maintenance?

Brake failure...

[FunnyFarm]

3 hours ago, khwaibah said:

Unbelievable Thailand. You can <deleted> UP A WET DREAM.????

I thought it was 'Amazing Thailand' 

[atyclb]

2 hours ago, tifino said:

where's the Mythbusters?  - they need the ping pong balls

   ping pong balls .   are discussed on a different forum

[connda]

3 hours ago, Mavideol said:

No Chinese on board all other foreigners knew how to swim to safety.... no casualties, great news !!!!

I could here TAT from miles away, "Please Lord Buddha - No Chinese casualties please, please please!"

[Mavideol]

1 minute ago, connda said:

I could here TAT from miles away, "Please Lord Buddha - No Chinese casualties please, please please!"

assumed you want to say ""hear"" lol

[Aussieroaming]

2 hours ago, petedk said:

It will be interesting to see just why "water was getting into the boat". 

Overloaded or poor maintenance?

Yeah, 43 pax and that boat doesnt look that big. Maybe it was running low in the water in choppy conditions.

[Artisi]

14 minutes ago, Aussieroaming said:

Yeah, 43 pax and that boat doesnt look that big. Maybe it was running low in the water in choppy conditions.

Underwater by the sounds of it... 

[thequietman]

43 people on a speed boat! Surely that can't be right.

 

These boats aren't built for those numbers surely! are they?

 

Confused.

[Artisi]

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

Well, seeing as there's a boat involved, perhaps we should draw a line under it.

(sorry!)

Better than half way up the cabin wall. 

 

[Pattaya28]

Usual solid reporting here. 

Lack of facts.

Nationalities ?

How many passengers was the speed-boat designed to take ?

OO OO the reporter forgot.

[peterb17]

I personally have had no problems with speedboats- usually privately hired and only four people going to Samet.

 

This does not look like a particularly large boat. Would be interesting to know the nationality of the tourists , you would perhaps think one of them would say NO - this is far too many on a speedboat, 

 

Sadly yet again it done to pure greed , one boat instead of two or three. 

[bkkgriz]

43 tourists in a speedboat? Overloaded just a bit?

 

[Artisi]

32 minutes ago, thequietman said:

43 people on a speed boat! Surely that can't be right.

 

These boats aren't built for those numbers surely! are they?

 

Confused.

What is there to be confused about, TIT - just ensure when loading the boat there is no waste space, no seats, what's the problem, you have legs so stand up. 

[nasa123]

[Seismic]

Brake failure ??

[apophyss]

3 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

some ruined iPhones in that group. 

sam nam na !

 

 

[hotchilli]

But but but but we've done all the inspections, safety of all vessels is guaranteed.

[tifino]

1 hour ago, thequietman said:

43 people on a speed boat! Surely that can't be right.

 

These boats aren't built for those numbers surely! are they?

 

Confused.

probably depends upon from where they are built?

[Searat7]

These boats are paper thin, overpowered,overloaded and poorly maintained/operated

[xylophone]

3 hours ago, thequietman said:

43 people on a speed boat! Surely that can't be right.

 

These boats aren't built for those numbers surely! are they?

 

Confused.

That's not right..............and don't call me Shirley!

[PEE TEE]

Compared to the guy standing on the hull the boat looks very small to accommodate 43 passengers  

[ToddinChonburi]

Wow they stuffed 43 people on that boat. Unreal

[Jimbo in Thailand]

6 hours ago, DoctorG said:

Pumps? You think they had pumps? ????

Where do you think the water was coming from?  Seems the Thai mechanic couldn't read the Chinese pump installation instructions so put the pumps in backwards.  OOPS!

[onlybrad]

Boating safety is atrocious in Thailand. What I would always carry on speedboats and other boats was an empty water bottle with cap. I figured if the boat was going down, one empty water bottle down my pants would provide just enough emergency buoyancy to keep me afloat until rescue.

[RJRS1301]

6 hours ago, Ramdas said:

I’m always uneasy if not scared to take any of these regular boats/speed boats which I found it even more frightening 

Most of these boats are driven by kids having fun speeding up on the waters being completely reckless and needless to say couldn’t care less of his passengers ! You’re literally endangering your own life each time you jump on one of these crappy beaten up boats, mind you even if they’ve fairly new boats the danger still persists since they’ve got no sense of reaponsabilty either any training ! You’re in arm’s way ????

Does the "captain/crew have Marine Board certification??

Or am looking at this through western eyes??

I always have my jacket on, valuables in (passport/credit cards etc, phone)waterproof pack, just in case. The boats and crew scare the hell out of me