British woman missing as dive boat catches fire off Koh Tao
A YOUNG British woman is missing after the dive boat she was sailing in together with 15 other tourists caught fire as it was heading for a dive site around five nautical miles from Koh Tao, Surat Thani province, today (March 16), TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. The boat, named Davy Jones […]
Read MoreKoh Tao night boat fire put out, all aboard rescued
THE FIRE that spread on a night boat sailing from Surat Thani’s Don Sak pier to Koh Tao at 6.30 a.m. this morning (Apr. 4) has now been put out with all 97 passengers and 11 crew members safely rescued and taken to this island, Thai Rath newspaper and Sanook.com said this afternoon. This […]
Read MoreNight boat catches fire off Koh Tao, rush to rescue tourists
A NIGHT BOAT, colloquially called “sleeping boat”, caught fire in the sea off Koh Tao, Surat Thani, early this morning (Apr. 4) and boats from many tour companies sailed there to rescue tourists floating in the sea, Matichon newspaper said. A post on Disaster and Mitigation Special Unit’s Facebook page said their rescuers were […]
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 […]
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