Thai tourist boat disaster: 3 more bodies found

July 11, 2018

Thai tourist boat disaster: 3 more bodies found

Reuters /

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai rescue workers pulled three more bodies from the Andaman Sea as the grim task of identifying more than 40 dead gets underway following a boat accident off the coast of Phuket July 5.The boat, the Phoenix, went down in high seas with 101 people on board, including 89 tourists, all but two of them from China. Forty-four people have been confirmed dead and 54 were rescued. Rescuers are still searching for three missing people.

Tags: Andaman Sea, China, Phoenix, Phuket, Thai

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