Liveaboard Sinks Off Tubbataha Reef

[Johncn]

A dive liveaboard called M/V Dream Keeper out of Cebu sank yesterday off Tubbataha Reef. Twenty-eight have been rescued, but four are still missing. SAR ongoing. According to Philippine Coast Guard reports, squalls had been in the area overnight.

Dive yacht sinks off Tubbataha, Palawan; 28 rescued, four still missing

A dive yacht sank off Tubbataha, Palawan on Sunday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard said.

www.gmanetwork.com

Here’s hoping the missing turn up soon.

 

[divedrewsf]

oh cr*p. i'm headed there next week. i'm hoping the weather improves by then!

(and ofc that they find the missing people!)

 

[Searcaigh]

Four missing after dive boat sinks at Philippine reef

MANILA: Rescuers were searching for four people on Sunday (Apr 30) after a boat carrying more than a dozen scuba divers sank at a World Heritage-listed marine sanctuary in the Philippines, autho

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[Saldiac]

Terrible news, fingers crossed they find the missing four.
Found this news article: Squall suspected in dive boat sinking off Tubbataha

We're headed there tomorrow night and the boat we've booked (Discovery Palawan) was apparently the closest yacht in the vicinity.

 

[Joneill]

Terrible news, fingers crossed they find the missing four.
Found this news article: Squall suspected in dive boat sinking off Tubbataha

We're headed there tomorrow night and the boat we've booked (Discovery Palawan) was apparently the closest yacht in the vicinity.

Hopefully, the missing are found.

I have to say that this boat does not look like like a very good design - appears to be very top heavy/too tall for for its length? I could see it doing poorly/rolling in heavy broadside winds.

 

[Dan]

Similar thread:

4 missing 28 rescued dive yacht sinks with in tubbataha after departing from cebu

https://palawan-news.com/squall-suspected-in-dive-boat-sinking-off-tubbataha/

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[JonnieB]

Philippine naval architecture at its best

Hopefully, the missing are found.

I have to say that this boat does not look like like a very good design - appears to be very top heavy/too tall for for its length? I could see it doing poorly/rolling in heavy broadside winds.

 

[JonnieB]

Crashing into reefs... sinking ships...what's going on in the Philippine diving industry?

 

[Centrals]

Crashing into reefs... sinking ships...what's going on in the Philippine diving industry?

How do you knowing the boat was built in Philippines?

Thai navy ship sinking: Rescuers find bodies of six sailors

Authorities say they have a narrowing 48-hour window to find survivors from a Thai warship that sank.

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Navy says ‘HTMS Sukhothai’ was fully repaired before being recommissioned

The Royal Thai Navy on Thursday rejected a report on a Facebook page that the doomed “HTMS Sukhothai” was not fit for operation as its steel hull had eroded at 13 spots.

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........fully repaired and met the safety standards(which standard, USA or Thai?).....

Thailand tourist boat sinking: At least 33 confirmed dead off Phuket

At least 33 people drown off Phuket as the search for survivors - mostly Chinese tourists - is paused.

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2018 Phuket boat capsizing - Wikipedia

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And the King Cruiser hitting Anemone Reef in broad daylight!!!!!! Classic.

MS King Cruiser - Wikipedia

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LOL.

Phuket dive boat drama: ‘Passengers jumped overboard’

PHUKET: The manager of the liveaboard dive boat Little Princess has given dramatic details of how the boat sank in heavy seas off Koh Tachai in Phang Nga province yesterday (April 16), with many passe

www.thephuketnews.com

Dive boat sank off Phuket Thailand today (6/7/05)

Diveboat sinks: one believed dead PHUKET: It is believed that at least one person died when a diveboat capsized and sank 40 kilometers off the coast of Phuket in a storm this morning. Details are still sketchy but the Gazette understands that the 20-meter boat, from Khao Lak-based dive...

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Phuket News: Tourists, crew safe as dive boat sinks off Similan Islands

PHANG NGA: A total of 11 people, including four foreign tourists, were taken to safety in the early hours of today (Feb 24) after the dive boat they were on board of sank off Similan Islands.

www.thephuketnews.com

Tourist Diving Boat Sinks In Thailand

The boat went down within minutes as a second vessel became involved in a rescue attempt to save all those on board.

news.sky.com

What you don't know you don't know!!!!

 

[Dan]

News from 10 hours ago:

https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/1/pcg-prepares-for-contingency-as-oil-sheen-spotted-at-yacht-sinking-site-near-tubbataha

““The search and rescue operation for the missing is ongoing and those rescued are already safe. Aside from our personnel, there are divers from at least 10 yachts who are helping us in the search and rescue,” said Balilo.”