97 passengers rescued after ferry en route to Koh Kood, Thailand suffers hull breach


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BANGKOK: At around 12.30pm on Thursday (Nov 20), the Chanthaburi and Trat Border Defence Command (CTBDC) received a report from the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Region 1 that a passenger vessel en route to Koh Kood, operated by Seudamgo and carrying around 97 passengers, had suffered a hull breach causing seawater to flow into the vessel.

The incident occurred near Kradat Island, around 15 kilometres from Koh Kood Pier and roughly 20 kilometres from the mainland pier.

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