Phuket tourists safe after tour speedboat takes on water, capsizes en route to Phi Phi

[rooster59]

Phuket tourists safe after tour speedboat takes on water, capsizes en route to Phi Phi 

By The Phuket News

 

The Phuket tour speedboat ’Aphitada 1’ took on water and capsized off Koh Dok Mai, about 13 kilometres east of Phuket, yesterday. All 43 tourists were safely recovered. Photo: Matichon
 

PHUKET: All tourists on board a Phuket speedboat that took on water and capsized en route to Phi Phi Island after departing Chalong Pier yesterday morning were safely recovered from the water yesterday afternoon (Jan 25).
 

The Phuket Marine Office was informed by staff at Chalong Pier at about 11:40am that the tour speedboat Aphitada 1 was taking on water and had called for assistance, reports Thai-language newspaper Matichon.

 

The boat had departed Chalong Pier earlier that morning with 45 people on board – 43 of them tourists on a tour around Maithon Island and Phi Phi Island, said the report. (See story here.)

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-tourists-safe-after-tour-speedboat-takes-on-water-capsizes-en-route-to-phi-phi-70166.php#azswQO01Yly2BxGR.97

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2019-01-26

[MaxYakov]

Swim call! Life vests are optional. Who's got the shark watch?

 

 

 

[natway09]

I want a full inquiry !!!!!!!

[animalmagic]

Just now, natway09 said:

I want a full inquiry !!!!!!!

Fibreglass hull of possibly shoddy construction, age unknown and losing structural integrity to osmosis.  Add approx 3 metric tonnes of people and cause further stress to any structural faults in existence.  Boat going fast + even only calm sea conditions results in cracks appearing.  Boat takes on water-even more unstable-people panic and move around-boat takes on more water-boat sinks-people swim.

Pure guess work, but probably more thorough than the full enquiry!

[LeungKen]

An off topic & trollish post and two referring to it have been deleted

[happy chappie]

43 tourists and crew in a speedboat may have something to do with it.also where are the life raft/inflatable dingies.in all the boating accidents I've never seen one life raft.

[Old Croc]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/world/asia/boats-sink-phuket-thailand-tourists.html