Thai navy confirms five sailors dead a day after ship sinks (update)


Sailors gathering on board HTMS Kraburi at a pier during the search operation for survivors of the capsized HTMS Sukhothai. - AFP

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, Thailand (The Straits Times/The Nation/Agencies): The Thai navy recovered the bodies of four sailors and rescued another two people after the sinking of a naval vessel earlier this week, according to the latest official update late Tuesday (Dec 20) afternoon.

The bodies of four crew members were found floating in the sea and will be identified before they are taken back to their families, said the Royal Thai Navy. One of the two people who were pulled out alive died after the rescue.

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