43 foreign Phuket tourists saved after speedboat capsizes on way to Koh Phi Phi – VIDEO

Kritsada MueanhawongPublished: 10:47, 26 January 2019| Updated: 14:14, 26 January 2019

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VIDEO: อันดาวารี

43 foreign tourists from Phuket have been saved after water started pouring into a speedboat they were travelling in and capsized on the way to Koh Phi Phi.

At 11.40 am yesterday a speedboat named ‘Apitsada 1’ with 43 foreign tourists and two Thai guides, left from Chalong Pier to Koh Mai Thon and Koh Phi Phi.

When they were between Koh Dokmai (Flower Island) and Koh Keaw (Green Island), about 9.2 nautical miles from Phi Phi, the boat captain discovered that the boat was getting heavier. Crew found water getting inside the vessel and eventually causing it to capsize. There were boats nearby to rescue all the passengers.