Thread: Ferry capsizes off Koh Larn

Originally Posted by VocalNeal

Sure he was the boat's "captain" but isn't it the owner who is responsible for providing enough life jackets and the overall state of the boat.

But not much one can do when

The passengers panicked and moved up to the top deck of the vessel, which then over-balanced, capsized and swiftly sank.

Same thing happens in Indonesia when the ferry gets near land. Someone on the top deck gets a phone signal then everyone rushes upstairs...

I think they went upstairs because the fecking boat was sinking!

He allegedly confessed the ferry wandered off course, and hit the rocks, breaching the vessel, punching holes and letting water pour in.

Boat captain faces trial

BANGKOK, 6 November 2013: A Polish couple were among six passengers who died when a crowded tourist ferry sank in Thailand at the weekend, police said Tuesday.

The bodies of the 60-year-old man and his wife aged 45 were retrieved on Sunday along with a man from Hong Kong and three Thai passengers after the boat went down near the popular resort of Pattaya.

“Two of the foreigners were identified as Polish while the third was a Hong Kong citizen. No more dead have been reported,” Pattaya police chief Colonel Suwarn Chiewnawintawat told AFP.



Tests for alcohol and drugs on the boat captain were “inconclusive”, Suwarn said, despite local media reports that he had confessed to being intoxicated at the time of the accident.

The double-decker ferry sank on Sunday afternoon near Koh Larn, a small island popular with day-trippers from Pattaya, a beachside city renowned for its racy nightlife 150 km (100 miles) southeast of Bangkok.

There had been confusion over the identities of the two Polish victims. Russia’s foreign ministry initially reported one of its citizens was among the dead.

A 12-year-old Russian boy remained in a critical condition late Monday after nearly drowning in the heavy currents.

Survivors recounted scrambling for life jackets as water poured on board, forcing them to the upper deck where the boat became unstable before sinking rapidly.

The cause of the accident was still unknown but the co-owner of the boat’s operator on Monday said the ferry may have hit an object, ripping a hole in its hull.

He insisted the boat only had 130 people on board — below its 150 capacity — and blamed the captain for the incident, describing him as “careless”.

The boat captain has been charged with causing death through negligence. The incident has revived fears over safety standards in the kingdom, which drew a record 22 million tourists last year.

ttrweekly.com

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unlike some hi-so kids , red bull heirs , this guy will see jail

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

It has now been confirmed that 209 passengers were on-board when it sunk

Originally Posted by snakeeyes

The captain of the ferry that capsized off Pattaya killing six people has surrendered, reportedly to confess he was high on drugs at the time of the accident.

Reptilian like, typically thai slithering, face saving strategy from the boat owners, lying through their teeth.

I've taken the grey colored ferry from Pattaya pier to Taewan Beach. I noticed (like several above) that the ferry was very sluggish. It was slewing around in 1m waves. I was a bit concerned. By the time we reached Pattaya pier it was noticeably down @ the aft. I asked the Captain. He spoke decent English and said a bilge pump was not working. "Mai pen rai", we come to Pattaya pier", he said. I was effin' glad to get off that ferry. It appears this is not an un-common occurrence per above comments. Wonder why the Thai Marine Authority doesn't do more inspections?