Several are missing after boats rolled out of Phuket, Thailand

Two boats with a total of more than 130 tourists on board will have a township off the tourist resort of Phuket, Thailand.

According to the governor of Phukets, Norraphat Plodthong, 53 people are still missing

– We have completed the rescue work, we will resume it tomorrow morning, he told AFP

A person was found dead in the water and 48 people should have been saved from the boat.

According to the Phuket News news website, many on board should be children. They also write that it's a dive boat. The police told AP that there were Chinese tourists on board.

Another boat crashed outside Phuket, with 39 tourists from Europe and China on board. All were saved and taken to the ground.

    

      

The work of enumeration of survivors is complicated by the fact that several boats brought them to shore, but to different pirates.

The Swedish UD does not know yet if a Swede has suffered.

"Embassy in Bangkok works to obtain information on the event and to try to find out whether Swedes can be killed", Per Karlsson, PR, in a message to Expressen .

UD "can not rule out"

early Friday morning, Carolin Törnqvist told the press service of UD:

– The Bangkok Embassy has been in contact with the authorities local and studying if there may be Swedes affected, but we have no information that this would be the case currently. Nothing is currently pointing to the affected Swedes, but this is nothing we can rule out.

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Rainfall in Phuket, Thailand

The harsh weather and darkness that are beginning to fall in Thailand make the rescue effort more difficult , writes Phuket News. All ambulances available in the area have been ordered to Chalong Pier to accommodate tourists.

Accidents should not be related to each other, writes AP.

In southwestern Thailand, the rainy season has started and the waves are usually high. At the same time, the weather is whimsical. The weather cover can arrive quickly.

Accidents with tourist boats are common in Thailand. Almost every year, foreign tourists perish after ships and ferries collide, roll, drop or begin to burn.