Dozens of people missing after the sinking of a tourist boat Thailand: NPR

Thai rescue teams attend the passengers of a capsized tourist boat in rough seas in a Phuket harbor on Thursday.

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A passenger boat carrying more than 100 people overturned in the rough waters of southern Thailand on Thursday.

Phuket governor Norraphat Plodthong said 51 people were saved, while another 53 were missing. At least one person is dead.

Violent winds continued to blow as rescuers searched for survivors in the Andaman Sea off Phuket's popular island destination, the newspaper reports. But by late evening, the crews had suspended the search with plans to resume at 6:30 local time Friday.

The ship was mainly carrying Chinese tourists, according to the Associated Press.

The Phoenix was not the only ship in the area to capsize during Thursday's stormy weather. The Phuket News says that another boat sank southeast of Phuket; Authorities said the 39 people aboard the Senalika had been saved.

As a precaution, the governor reportedly ordered all boats not to leave the harbor overnight.

The ferry sank Tuesday near the island of Selayar, according to local officials.

Video footage of the disaster showed passengers in orange life jackets hung from the flowing boat, others falling into the water. According to media reports, the captain took the water near the island and then crashed into the shallow waters to try to save lives.

CNN reported that "the boat began to take water, the captain According to Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the Indonesian Disaster Management Agency, the ship directed the ship to the nearby island of Selayar and deliberately crashed into the shallow waters in order to save as many lives. "

People managed to swim safely or were pulled from the When it sank, the boat was overcapacity, with cars, trucks and buses stuck on board at that time, CNN said.

Also Tuesday, the Indonesian authorities canceled the search for three allegedly drowned in another ferry.This boat was carrying 164 people when it fell on June 18 into a volcanic crater lake on the island of Sumatra, reports AP.More than 30 people died.