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It was Thursday that the boat with Chinese tourists aboard fell in difficult weather outside the seaside resort of Phuket. 49 people out of 105 have been saved, but 41 have been confirmed dead and 15 are still missing, the Thai authorities said on Saturday.
Björn Karlqvist runs a diving business in Phuket and helped to transport bodies in deep water. He describes nightmare scenes:
– They look like dolls. It's hard to explain the feeling. We try to remove the vests to float, but the equality means that we can not touch the bodies.
Searched throughout the ship
Björn Karlqvist tells us that his part of the rescue work was completed and that the army should during the effort.
– We were offered psychological help, we were offered psychological help, but as it is now I am feel good. Yesterday it was hard, there was a lot of bodies that we picked up. When we opened the living room door there were about ten people. I have never seen anything like it and I hope I never need to experience it again
Does it feel good to have been involved in the work?
– I feel made a big difference. Although it was just a person we raised, I knew I was making an effort.
Negligence Investigation
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has ordered an investigation into why the crew does not seem to have warned of bad weather in China. consideration.
The master and owner of the boat may have been guilty of negligence because they allowed the ship to go to sea. However, Björn Karlqvist experienced that the storm came without warning.
– All day there was a blue sky with sun and no waves. Then there was a five-minute storm, just jokingly.
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