泰國一艘載著多名外國遊客往進行浮潛運動的船隻前晚遇上風暴，在返航途中於布吉島附近翻沉，泰國海軍已救起23名乘客和船員，正搜救失蹤的6名外國遊客和1名泰國人。
載30人 遇暴風雨
肇事的船隻「Choke Somboon 19號」載有30人，其中19人是外國遊客，8人是泰籍船員，其餘3人是泰國旅遊公司的導遊。泰軍表示，失蹤的包括兩名瑞士人、兩名奧地利人、一名日本人、一名德國人和一名泰國船員。
當地時間前晚9時，該船載著剛於西密蘭群島潛水完畢的遊客，在暴風雨中開船返航往布吉島，詎料遇上強風大雨而沉沒，地點離布吉島不超過28公里。
該船原訂昨晨5時抵達布吉島，但遲遲不見蹤影，當地便開始搜救，救起大部分人。船上有4名日本人，日本使館已證實3人安全，據悉餘下一人是現年44歲的奈良縣居民。泰軍會繼續搜索。 ■《芭堤雅日報》/《曼谷日報》/綜合外電消息
19名外籍人士搭船從斯米蘭群島（Similan island）回普吉島途中，遭遇強烈風暴， 8日深夜船隻翻覆，船上包括泰國人在內的30人中23人獲救，6名外籍人士與1泰人今天仍未尋獲。
泰國海洋警察搜救人員利用警船、海軍直昇機搜尋1天後，仍沒有找到失蹤7人的下落，晚上搜救行動更加困難。
根據警方表示，失蹤的人士包括2名瑞士人、2名澳洲人、1名日本人、1名德國人，以及1位泰國人。
船東告訴警方說，載滿乘客的船，當地時間 8日晚上9時從斯米蘭群島出發，預計今天凌晨5時抵達普吉島，結果遇上強風暴雨造成船隻沉沒，其中23人登上救生艇，今天中午才被漁船救起。
能乘30人，这船应该还不小啊
不小的船~~~
正打算去普吉呢。。。。。。
Yep, the new Dive Asia boat.
I havent heard what happened exactly yet...
It does not have much to do with..船小還是大。
沉船的时候没有求救吗？
看来耽误了时间
早兩日接连听到两单记忆中近年身边发生最严重的潜水意外，的确令人好down 心情沉重．希望逝者安息，家人朋友节哀顺变．
两名港人菲律宾不幸遇事，可能稍后新闻会有更多资料，让我们知道多些当时实际情况．
布吉沉船意外在8号晚11pm左右从similan回程时近巴东发生，当时天气很异常，忽然行雷闪电刮起狂风大雨，估计有可能就是在这恶劣天气下出现沉船意外．该船是Dive Asia今年才开始走的新liveaboard，代替用了十多年的旧船，属中高档次．Dive Asia 在布吉历史悠久较有规模，是德国人的潜店，顾客主要来自欧洲和日本．今次这么严重的潜水沉船意外个人从未在布吉听闻，估计亦是有记录的最严重的布吉潜水沉船意外．Dive Asia 网站声明 (www.diveasia.com)：
Dive Asia - Phuket Thailand
Dear All,
With great sorrow we have to inform you that the MV Dive Asia I sunk last night on the 8th of March in a storm at around 11pm on the way back from the Similan Islands to Phuket.
23 of our guests and crew were able to get into the life rafts and have safely returned to Phuket. 7 people are still missing and a search in the area was conducted today and will continue on Tuesday morning.
At this moment our thoughts are with the missing and their relatives. We will continue to do everything possible to find the missing and we offer our full support to all concerned.
For information and any help please call us on +66 (0) 76 330598 and +66 (0) 76 284177.
In sadness,
Your Dive Asia Team
Bangkok Post 的报道：
Six foreigners, Thai missing after boat sinks off Phuket
PHUKET : Rescue workers led by the navy are still searching for six foreign tourists and a Thai who have been missing since their boat sank in a fierce storm off Phuket on Sunday. The missing passengers included one Japanese, two Australians and a German, officials said.
They were among 30 passengers and crew aboard the Choksomboon 19, which capsized 30 kilometres off the resort island around 11pm as it headed back from a diving trip to the Similan islands, provincial deputy governor Samith Palawatwichai and Third Navy commander Narong Theswisal said.
The Third Navy was alerted after the boat did not return to Phuket as scheduled. The passengers were customers of Asia Diving Co.
A long-tailed boat rescued 23 passengers from the sea and the navy sent a patrol boat and helicopter to look for the others
By: POST REPORTERS
Published: 9/03/2009 at 06:58 PM
(这里的电视新闻亦有头条/重点报道)
据闻是船长发现海面有異常,出事前曾发出求救信号.
今天在船內再找到四具尸体 :cry:
Four bodies found in sunken dive boat
PHUKET: The Phuket branch of the Department of Disaster Prevention & Mitigation (DDPM-Phuket) confirmed this afternoon that the bodies of four more victims from the dive boat Choke Somboon 19 have been discovered inside the sunken vessel.
Deep sea divers have been working with Marine Police since first light this morning to reach the sunken vessel, which lies 70 meters below the surface, to confirm that it is in fact the same vessel that capsized during a freak storm on Sunday night.
The Choke Somboon 19 was carrying 30 people, 23 of whom were rescued on Monday, leaving seven people missing.
The Gazette was told that the four victims were discovered at 3.30pm in two separate sleeping quarters – two bodies in each cabin – and have been identified by Marine Police as Swiss nationals Mr Klaus Konradder and Ms Monika Schuster, and Austrian nationals Ms Sibylle Bucher and Mr Rolf Niederberge.
The body of Austrian national Gabrielle Jetzinger was found yesterday, floating in the area where the vessel sank, leaving Thai national Ms Jumpa “Gen” Sorntat – the boat’s cook and Japanese national Mr Yuba Hirotsuga still unaccounted for.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
好恐怖，我月底就去SIMILAN了
悼念
4月份我们要去similan船宿, 所以感觉事故离我们很近, 很为死者难过.
不过从事情的另一方面想, 凡是新闻必定是"小概率"事件, 否则不成其为
新闻, 所以并不认为此事会重复发生而担忧自己的similan之行.
希望死者能够安息. 生者能更珍惜当下.
今天在msn上看到这条新闻，很是震撼，赶紧google了相关信息。
2月初刚刚去了similan，想起在潜船上的快乐时光，这样的消息格外让人痛心。
默哀。
现在遇难者已经大部分找到了。愿逝者安息，愿生者能够早日走出阴影。
http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/
看到这样的新闻真难受....愿死难者的灵魂继续在大海中遨游
有说是什么原因导致风暴吗？
这个。。。天气原因。。。。。
看来，有风浪，还是穿好救生衣和BCD坐甲板安全。 sad..
我也想，要穿着BCD，抱着气瓶，睡在甲板上
不过这次事件很突然，船长说二十年来从未遇到如此奇怪的天气。
下面这个报道写的比较详细，可以看看
http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/
Monday, March 9, 2009
Seven still missing after freak storm sinks boat near Phuket
PHUKET: Following the sinking of a boat last night that was carrying tourists returning to Phuket from a diving trip near the Similan islands, six foreign tourists and one Thai member of the boat’s crew are still missing.
Police have issued the following list of seven people who were on the boat but remain unaccounted for:
German national Ms Jetzinger Gabrielle;
Japanese national Mr Yuba Hirotsuga;
Austrians Mr Klaus Konradder and Ms Monika Schuster;
Swiss natives Ms Sibylle Bucher and Mr Rolf Niederberge;
Thai national Ms Jumpa “Gen” Sorntat – the boat’s cook.
According to the boat’s captain, Mr Chakri Leechuay, a vortex of “red wind” approached the boat at speed from the North (between land and the boat) and hit the boat on its port side at 11pm. The wind made the boat spin violently, eventually causing it to sink, he said.
Mr Chakri said that weather conditions were calm before the incident. The vortex first appeared on the boat’s radar screen at a distance of three nautical miles but reached the boat just ten minutes later.
Local fishermen helped Marine Police pick up 23 survivors, who were found floating adrift in an inflatable life raft near the site of the incident, at about 2am today. The survivors were taken to the Deep Sea Port at Makham Bay.
The 29.9-meter-long boat, Choke Somboon 19, left Chalong Pier, Phuket, at 7 pm on March 4, bound for the Similan Islands. It was returning to Phuket after leaving the Similan Islands at 6.30pm yesterday (Sunday). It was traveling Southeast at a speed of between 8 and 9 knots and was about 12.6 nautical miles from Patong Beach when it was hit by the freak storm.
The survivors were met by staff from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) who gave out blankets, water and food. The survivors told the Gazette that they had not eaten since the sinking the night before.
The surviving tourists were questioned and photographed by the DDPM as they came ashore and will be questioned further at a later date. The survivors have been listed as:
Yuriko Kamada; Masayuki; Frank Bay; Kathrin Raab; Stefan Mann; Micheal Sampson; Markus Reitner; Kathrin Mayer; Reto Voegtlin; Nicole Anderegg; Stephan Garulms; Suzanne Schrewe; and Christian Diermaier.
Diving instructors who were also on the boat but have since been accounted for are Japanese national Toshihiro Sakai, Swiss national Daniel Brunner and Thai national Pairat Simma.
Thai crew also accounted for are Mr Manop Chantalhek; Mr Narin Woharn; Mr Detch Leechuay; Mr Thanaporn Roddee; Chakkaprat Senayotee; Ms Chirawan Wannakham.
Mr Chakri said that he had been working as a boat captain for Dive Asia, the tour company that had organized the trip, for about 20 years and that the boat was just six months old. He told the Gazette that he was aware of the possibility of bad weather during the return trip but was confident that the boat was large enough and new enough to withstand an average storm, adding that he has never experienced such freak weather conditions.
A Royal Thai Navy boat and helicopter have also been assisting in the search for survivors since this morning but have been unsuccessful in locating anyone.
A Dive Asia employee told police that the dive company’s insurance policy covers each of the passengers up to 200,000 baht for medical expenses and the same amount in the event of death.
Dive Asia is located at 24 Karon Road, Karon District, Phuket. Tel: (66) 076-330598
好险, 偶是8号下午坐快艇从similan回phuket的...10号在飞机上看到报纸说有个船沉了....
跟据船公司船长/船上的人描述(如下)，出事翻船时海面并非大浪，而是雷暴中受突然而来的旋风吹倒翻沉．发生时间很短，来不及发出求救信号．船在一分钟左右沉没，其中23人成功逃出并登上教生艇．
10:50PM : after entering a sudden thunderstorm the boat is hit by a vortex and capsizes. There are no high waves and the wind is why the boat capsized. This happens so quickly and without warning that not even an alarm can be sounded. On board are 30 People (8 Thai Crew，3 Dive Guides，19 Guests with various nationalities).
前两天我听一些在附近潜店工作的朋友说，这艘船在做boat plan时，公司要求能搭载更多人上去，所以很多地方做了不当的改变。
道听途说而已，相信事故的发生肯定是有多种原因的。
愿逝者安息。