Five rescued, four missing as trawler sinks
published : 20 Feb 2021 at 18:56
25 Rescue volunteers are deployed to rescue crewmen after a fishing trawler from Samut Sakhon sank in the Gulf of Thailand off Cha-am on Saturday. Five crewmen were rescued but four were still missing. (Photo: Chaiwat Satyaem)
PHETCHABURI: Four crew members were missing and five others rescued when a fishing trawler sank in the Gulf of Thailand off Cha-am district on Saturday.
The Kor Chokchai Somboon 1 trawler from Samut Sakhon with nine crew went down about 17 nautical miles from Wat Bang Saiyoi in Cha-am, according to the 191 emergency centre in Phetchaburi, which was alerted at 11.45am on Saturday.