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Thai divers cleaned the wreck of a boat with Chinese tourists who sank in a storm off Phuket, while the death toll rose to 10 with about 45 more missing on Friday . Chinese tourists were brought to Phuket, where the authorities had already confirmed the death of another Chinese man.
Rescue people sit on a fishing boat. (Reuters via Reuters TV)
Some of the bodies were found by divers who entered the wreckage on Friday and others were floating in the water, said the officer in charge. Navy Narong Aurabhakdi
. 105 people, including 93 tourists, 11 crew members and a tour guide when he rocked in waves five meters Thursday night. At least 12 of the wounded were hospitalized.
Second Boat capsized
The incident occurs while rescuers, also led by Thai Navy divers, struggle to extract 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in the north from the country. where they have been trapped since 23 June.
Another boat also spilled off Phuket on Thursday. Officials said the 42 people on board were saved.
Thai rescue personnel move a pbadenger on a stretcher to Chalong Pier in Phuket on Friday. The boat capsized while the strong winds shook the rough seas
Jin Yilin, Consul General of the Chinese Embbady in Thailand, said that a delegation from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is on the ground.
The Thai media showed pictures of people saved in large rubber life rafts at sea, with fishing boats and bubbling water in the background. The images also showed survivors being lifted rafts and sitting in lifejackets in the middle of the ropes on the deck of what appears to be a trawler
12 boats forced to stay at the dock
weather up. to Tuesday, including heavy rains and winds.
"All agencies are cooperating in their search right now," said Phuket governor Norraphat Plodthong. "We gave warnings … but the winds are strong."
On this photo published by the Thai Royal Police, tourists rescued from a sinking ship are embarked Thursday on a jetty on the island of Phuket. [19659004
He said the officials would look into whether he should ban boats from going to the sea during strong winds.
Thai TV from PBS reported late Thursday that 12 boats with 263 pbadengers in all had been forced by the They said they were providing food, shelter and water to the population, and if the weather did not clear up, the largest boats belonging to the island of Racha, a popular dive spot about an hour away from Phuket boat. the navy would be sent to retrieve them.
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