Vessel Overnight boat sunk, two still missing - Thailand

[Centrals]

Unlicensed boats face scrutiny

Tourism operators are urging the government to improve the alert system and regulate unlicensed boats to prevent marine accidents after numerous boats sank in the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand recently.

www.bangkokpost.com

Absolutely BS.

"tourists choose operators that hold boat licenses from the Marine Dept and tour service licenses from the Tourism Dept" !!!!!!
How practical is those advices? ZERO.
Unless the authority has a respective list on both fields, there is NO way that tourists can find out on their own.

It seems to me that Thai authority does not care much about tourist! Rip them off and then throw them under the bus if anything happens.

What safety measure has been implemented since MV Phoenix(42 fatilities) and MV Serenita(luckily all rescued) perished in July 2018? NOTHING. History keep repeating itself.

 

[Centrals]

Body found off Koh Maithon

PHUKET: A local tour boat found the body of a man floating in the water near Koh Maithon, just over eight kilometres southeast of the tip of Cape Panwa, late yesterday afternoon (Dec 29).

www.thephuketnews.com

This probably has nothing to do with the sinking of those boats but does show how incompetent the Thai authority in a situation like this!!
FIVE different Gov agencies were informed but nothing happens!! Nobody wants to recover a body!

Boat safety checks conducted ahead of New Year

PHUKET: Officers from the Phuket Marine Office carried out a series of boat safety inspections at Ratsada Pier yesterday (Dec 29) as the number of tourists using the tour boats and ferries continues t

www.thephuketnews.com

All is good. Nothing to worry about!

 

[Centrals]

Russian girl, 5, killed as Phuket speedboat slams into rocks

PHUKET: A 5-year-old Russian girl has died after the speedboat she was returning from Phi Phi Island to Phuket on with her family late yesterday (Dec 31) slammed into rocks at Koh Maithon.

www.thephuketnews.com

History keep repeating itself.
This was three yrs ago!

Two Russian children killed in Phuket speedboat collision

PHUKET: At least two people died and up to 22 people were injured in a speedboat collision off Phuket’s east coast this morning (Feb 10).

www.thephuketnews.com

Nothing has changed regarding safe boat driving.

Marine Department chief bans deadly tour speedboat drivers, calls for captain training

PHUKET: Marine Department Chief Witthaya Yamuang arrived in Phuket yesterday afternoon to be briefed personally on the tour speedboat collision that killed two Russian children and injured more than a

www.thephuketnews.com

 

[Centrals]

Bus crash driver ‘high on meth’

SURAT THANI: The driver of a bus that skidded off a road on Monday (Jan 1), injuring an American passenger, tested positive for drugs, a police officer said yesterday (Jan 2).

www.thephuketnews.com

That was five yrs ago.

Bus Crashes Into A Tree, Seriously Injuring 3 Foreigners and A Thai

Four passengers, three of them are foreigners, were seriously injured and 23 suffered minor injuries when a tour bus heading from Bangkok

www.khaosodenglish.com

Two days ago.

Same bus company.

"Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets"(Oscar Wilde).

It is your own life so you are your own boss but not certain idiot who had the nerve to suggest "common sense".
No amount of "common sense" or "gut feeling" would had prepared anyone for "accidents" especially human errors involved.

 

[DandyDon]

"The boat floated on the waves for more than 3hrs until another boat found it and rescued the group around 09:00."
Where were Ms. Millie and the Thai cook at that time?
They should be all on the deck and wearing life jacket already.

This bit screams to me.

 

[Centrals]

This bit screams to me.

I could not find any respective statement issued by the survivors so this story could well be fabricated by the reporter.

Ratsada Pier drug tests nab one meth user

PHUKET: One of 18 boat captains and crew tested at Ratsada Pier earlier today (Jan 2) tested positive for drug use during snap tests conducted at the critical marine tourism hub on Phuket’s east coa

www.thephuketnews.com

I would had thought the "user" would be very careful after such high profile "accident".

 

[Centrals]

Maybe use some common sense and don't board small craft when 3-4 meter waves are forecast (in the Gulf Of Thailand) this Christmas week.

Common sense!!!

Officials admit Maithon speedboat captain tested positive for meth use

PHUKET: Phuket officials have admitted in a public report that the captain of the speedboat that slammed into rocks at Koh Maithon last Sunday tested positive for meth use after the accident.

www.thephuketnews.com

The boat captain was tested positive.
The boat's registration is expired.

What common sense are you BS about?