By Reuters and published by CNA Kuala Lumpur – Hundreds were missing on Sunday (Nov. 9) after a boat sank near the Thailand-Malaysia border, as 10 survivors and one body were recovered, the Malaysian maritime authority said. More victims might still be found at sea about three days after the sinking of the vessel,
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Huge waves capsize fishing boat off Phuket
A HELICOPTER and HTMS Hua Hin were sent to rescue nine fishermen after their boat capsized then sank upon being hit by huge waves near Koh Racha Yai which is just off Phuket’s southernmost tip, Amarin TV said this evening (Aug. 12). At around 2.50 p.m. Thai Marine Enforcement Command Centre Region 3 was
Read moreTourist missing as strong waves sink long-tailed boat off Koh Phangan
A SOUTH Korean tourist is missing after big waves sank a long-tailed boat off Koh Phangan at around 3 a.m. this morning (Dec. 29) but fortunately the other nine tourists and three crew members were safely rescued, MNG Online said. Koh Phangan’s police station was alerted at 3.10 a.m. that a long-tailed boat had
Read more70 tourists rescued after night boat founders off Koh Tao
A NIGHT BOAT travelling from Surat Thani to Koh Tao started taking on water after a pump broke down at dawn today (Dec. 22) with 70 tourists, both foreigners and Thais, safely rescued before it later sank, Matichon newspaper said. At 6 a.m. Capt. Natthaphon Sinpoonphon, deputy chief of Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre
Read moreAborted mutiny sends volatile rouble to 15-month low
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News THE rouble sank to its lowest in nearly 15 months against the dollar on Monday (June 26) in one of its most volatile sessions this year as investors responded for the first time to an aborted mutiny by armed mercenaries in Russia over the weekend. Mercenaries led by
Read moreMet Dept chief blamed for navy ship sinking
By Thai Newsroom Reporters METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT director-general Chompari Chompurat is being held accountable for inaccurate, unreliable weather forecasting which resulted in the loss of sailors and HTMS 442 Sukhothai in the stormy Gulf of Thailand last Sunday. In a press conference today (Dec.25), deputy Pheu Thai leader Yutthapong Charatsatian put the terminal blame on
Read moreNavy slammed over missing sailors, sunk ship
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NAVY HAS BEEN taken to task for reported failure to ensure sailors aboard a sinking corvette, namely HTMS 442 Sukhothai, survived a stormy sea in the Gulf of Thailand on Sunday night. During a fresh interpellation at parliament today (Dec.22), Move Forward MP Natcha Boonchai-insawat blamed the navy for
Read moreNaval male nurse mysteriously missing after being rescued
By Thai Newsroom Reporters CHIEF PETTY OFFICER Khunakorn “Mor Champ” Jariyot had survived strong winds and high tides alongside other sailors after their navy corvette had capsized and sunk Sunday night. Yet hours later the chief petty officer was nowhere to be found among those sailors who had been rescued to safety from the
Read moreMalaysian oil tanker rescues two Thai navy sailors
AN OIL TANKER sailing under the flag of Malaysia rescued two Thai navy sailors floating in the sea after HTMS 442 Sukhothai sank on Sunday night (Dec. 18) with a patrol boat having already picked them up, INN News said this afternoon (Dec. 20). At noon today the First Naval Area Command sent patrol boat
Read moreBig hunt for 33 crewmembers of sunk navy corvette
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NAVY SHIPS AND PERSONNEL are currently conducting a search and rescue mission for 33 crewmembers of a navy corvette believed to be struggling to survive in the sea after their boat capsized and sank in the Gulf of Thailand last night, a navy source said today (Dec.19). The 33 crewmembers
Read moreMystery ship sinks, oil spill could reach Koh Samui in 2-3 days’ time
THE Thai Second Naval Area said today (Jan. 9) that the mystery stateless cargo ship found listing near Koh Samui sank overnight and a big effort is being made to prevent the oil spill from reaching tourist island in two to three days’ time, Sanook.com said. Vice Admiral Sunthorn Damklai, commander of the Second
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