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Death Toll in Thai Phoenix Boat Accident Rises to 44 - Reports

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The number of people who died after the Phoenix dive boat sank off Thailand's Phuket island with dozens of Chinese tourists on board rose to... 10.07.2018, Sputnik International

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Death Toll in Thai Phoenix Boat Accident Rises to 44 - Reports

08:19 GMT 10.07.2018

A Thai Royal Navy boat is seen during a searching operation for missing passengers of a capsized tourist boat at a pier in Phuket Thailand, July 7, 2018. - Sputnik International

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The number of people who died after the Phoenix dive boat sank off Thailand's Phuket island with dozens of Chinese tourists on board rose to 44, while three people are still missing, the Thai PBS broadcaster reported Tuesday.

The media reported, citing rescuers, that all the bodies were transported to the Vachira Phuket Hospital. The body of another person is still trapped in the wreckage of the sunken Phoenix.

Two boats carrying divers leave Chalong pier in Phuket on July 7, 2018, as rescue operations continue for missing tourists following a boat accident on July 5 - Sputnik International

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Four Reported Missing From Sunken Thai Boat Found Alive on Shore - Reports

9 July 2018, 08:28 GMT

A total of five people missing from the boat were found alive on the shore as they did not take the tour.

The Phoenix and the 105 people on board — 93 passengers and 12 crew members and tour guides — sank on Thursday due to a heavy storm. The rescue operation started right after the incident occurred. Fishing vessels and the Royal Thai Navy ships have managed to save 49 people.