Tourist killed as boat capsizes off Phuket - from the "Phuket Gazette"
PHUKET: -- One Thai woman was killed today when a tourist boat capsized in heavy seas off Thailand's southern coast of Phuket.
The 'Bubble Blue' tourist boat capsized this morning, as it was taking 19 Thai tourists from Phuket to dive near the Similan Islands.
Survivors told of how they had encountered heavy waves around 20 nautical miles from the coast, with water pouring onto the deck and eventually sinking the boat.
The passengers were forced to float at sea until they were rescued by a fishing boat, who conducted the navy to provide a helicopter to return the passengers to shore.
But one passenger was left in critical condition after the accident, and died some time later.
Mr. Tosak Wanitkachorn, director of the south-eastern coastal Meteorological Centre, warned that the south-western monsoon was currently covering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, and said that boats should exercise caution
PHUKET: -- One Thai woman was killed today when a tourist boat capsized in heavy seas off Thailand's southern coast of Phuket.
The 'Bubble Blue' tourist boat capsized this morning, as it was taking 19 Thai tourists from Phuket to dive near the Similan Islands.
Survivors told of how they had encountered heavy waves around 20 nautical miles from the coast, with water pouring onto the deck and eventually sinking the boat.
The passengers were forced to float at sea until they were rescued by a fishing boat, who conducted the navy to provide a helicopter to return the passengers to shore.
But one passenger was left in critical condition after the accident, and died some time later.
Mr. Tosak Wanitkachorn, director of the south-eastern coastal Meteorological Centre, warned that the south-western monsoon was currently covering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, and said that boats should exercise caution
