News Forum - Body found 3 months after tugboat capsizes in Ayutthaya

[Thaiger]

After a months-long search, dive and rescue teams have recovered the bodies of both a husband and wife who drowned when a tugboat capsized by a confluence, where the Chao Phraya River and Pasak River meet. The boat sank back in September in front of the Phanan Choeng Temple in Ayutthaya. The captain’s body was later found near the Rama 8 bridge in Bangkok, but his wife remained missing. Rescuers stalled the search due to a rough current and depths reaching more than 20 metres. Once rescuers resumed the search, it took three days to recover the tugboat. Reports today say […]

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[Jason]

This is such a sad account. I am glad for the family that there is a body to recover, which will give her family the opportunity for a proper funeral and closure. That is at least something.