Search continues for 2 missing passengers on scuba tour boatA navy soldier on board Tor 995 patrol boat uses binoculars to search for two missing passengers on a scuba-diving tour boat that sank near the Surin Islands National Park on Saturday. (Photo supplied)PHUKET: A search and rescue centre has been set up to look for two men - a Thai cook and a British tourist - who were still missing after a scuba-diving tour boat sank near Ko Torinla or Ko Khai island on Saturday. The island is part of the Surin Islands National Park, an archipelago of five islands in the Andaman Sea some 55 kilometres from the mainland. Tor 995 patrol boat was dispatched from the centre at 7.45am to search for the missing men in an area northwest of where the boat, the Reggae Queen, went down. The scuba-diving tour boat had 18 passengers on board when it sank; 16 were subsequently rescued and taken to nearby Khura Buri Pier.

Source: Bangkok Post December 24, 2023 18:07 UTC