Rescue drone spots missing Frenchwoman on Koh Adang near Lipe


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Satun officials were working on Friday (March 31) to find ways of rescuing a French tourist stranded in a gorge on Koh Adang, the largest island of the Tarutao Marine National Park in the Andaman Sea.

Tourist police were alerted on Thursday afternoon that Claire Marie Drapeau, a 29-year-old Frenchwoman, had gone missing while visiting Koh Adang alone. They rushed to the island and teamed up with park officials and members of Koh Lipe Tourism Business Association who were searching for the missing tourist.

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