In this photo taken and released by the Thailand Phuket Public Affairs Office, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, the tour boat named the Pheonix is raised from the sea floor after sinking over four months ago in rough weather killing 47 tourists.
(Phuket Public Affairs Office via AP)
- Two tour boats sank off Phuket on July 5.
- Tourists from one boat were rescued, while the sinking of the double-decker Phoenix left 47 Chinese tourists dead.
- The accident was one of Thailand’s worst tourism-related disasters in recent years.
Thai Officials recovered a boat on Saturday that sank this summer during rough weather off Thailand’s southern resort island of Phuket, killing 47 Chinese tourists.
Two tour boats sank off Phuket on July 5. Tourists from one boat were rescued, while the sinking of the double-decker Phoenix left 47 Chinese tourists dead.
The accident was one of Thailand’s worst…
