ALHOLK Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 According to an article in a Swedish evening newspaper yester day a boat/ship sank of the shore of Pattaya a couple of days ago. The article claims that the boat was on it's from Koh Larn and sank somewhere in between there and Pattaya. Allegedly 80 tourists ended up in the water and one is supposed to have died. Does anyone know anything about this, like if it was the regular ferry or a tourboat? The reason a Swedish newspaper wrote the article is most likely due to the fact that a Swedish woman was on the boat. regards ALHOLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straycat Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 And Bangkok Post wrote about it 'cause there was a Thai on the boat Article is here I think you'll know how it ends Two boat operators identified only as Boy and Ae fled the scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted March 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 Hi! Thanks for the article link. Appart from the name of the boat operators the article didn't tell much more than the Sedish article. I assume that this wasn't the regular ferry though. there was a Thai on the boat What ever is the world comming to. regards ALHOLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted March 6, 2003 Report Share Posted March 6, 2003 not a ferry! there are so many old boats in terrible condition in pattaya and elsewhere in LOS that it is a wonder, that there are not more accidents like that. anyway good for the scuba divers, they have a wreck more to explore and such wrecks usually attract a lot of fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotover Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 The last article I read stated a middle-eastern man between 40 and 50 years old was missing and presumed drowned. I think they were at least 1,000 meters from shore when it went down, and they reported several people were unconcious when they were brought to shore. Seems like all serious boat and road accidents in Thailand and Cambodia end with "The driver fled the scene". Where the hell do they go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexi Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 Fled the scene,how...?,by swimming ?....!!According to my memory this is the second ferry to sink in recent years,one went down about 3 yrs ago also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2003 Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 From today's Pattaya Mail One drowned, seven injured when tourist boat capsizes in Pattaya Bay Twenty-four others make it to safety The double-decker tourist boat ?Metar Namchok? capsized in Pattaya Bay at approximately 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, killing one 40-50 year-old Middle Eastern tourist and injuring seven others. The identity of the deceased was not immediately known. The ?Metar Namchok? gets towed back to shore after it capsized in Pattaya Bay. One person drowned, seven others were injured. The injured included two Canadians, a 69-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman. At the time of going to press, Pattaya Mail had only learned the name of one of the injured Thai passengers, Lt. Gen. Somkiat Lichuntodnart, who had almost drowned and was in a serious condition when taken to the hospital. AP reported that five of the injured were unconscious when they were admitted to Pattaya Memorial Hospital. Pol. Maj. Preecha Somgrit received the report from water rescue that the 2 level tourist vessel returning from Larn Island had capsized and sunk in Pattaya Bay. The report was immediately relayed to Pattaya?s police chief, who swiftly organized rescue crews, police and Sawang Boriboon personnel and immediately dispatched them to the scene. Several local vessels assisted in the rescue operation, pulling victims from the water and bringing them ashore. All were taken to Pattaya Memorial Hospital. Police questioned Miss Doon Pengklang, a 23-year-old Thai passenger, and foreign tourist Paul Spawson from Spain, and both told officers that they had left the South Pattaya pier at 9 a.m. to view coral reefs on Pattaya glass bottom boats. In the afternoon, when they began their return to Pattaya, the boat began to take on water on the bottom deck. This caused some panic among the passengers and they subsequently moved to the top deck. This went on for approximately 30 minutes until the entire bottom deck was submerged. This, combined with the added weight on top, caused the boat to capsize. The investigating officers learned that the medium sized vessel was captained by two men identified only as Boy and Ae, aged around 25-30 years old. During the return from Larn Island the boat took on water, and the pair tried to pump the water out but the pumps malfunctioned. The pair later disappeared during all the commotion after rescuers had taken them ashore. Police are now searching for the two runaway captains for questioning. They could be facing charges of criminal negligence causing death and injury. The 16-meter (53-foot) boat was towed back to Pattaya and left in 15 meters of water where marine officials will examine it to determine the cause of the accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted March 9, 2003 Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 Says LaoHuLi: Police questioned Miss Doon Pengklang, a 23-year-old Thai passenger, and foreign tourist Paul Spawson from Spain paul spawson does not sound spanish!!! very suspicious! good the police has a suspicious farang, so they can clear the local owner of the boat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALHOLK Posted March 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2003 Hi! Perhaps he was from Maine and not from Spain. If Thais can't hear any defferance between Sweden and Switzerand they sure as hell could mix up Maine and Spain. regards ALHOLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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