In Thailand Russian tourist disappeared from a yacht
On Board the yacht, sailing from Phuket to the Similan Islands, there were two Russians. About the disappearance of a friend said the second Russian, who drove the vessel.
BANGKOK, Nov 2 — RIA Novosti. Russian tourist disappeared from a yacht in the open sea during the transition from Phuket to the Similan Islands in Thailand, told RIA Novosti on Wednesday the head of the consular Department of the Embassy of Russia in this country Vladimir Sosnov.
Yet with the disappearance of a Russian anything is unclear. From the travel Agency, whose client was missing, we know that he was missing last weekend when he was together with another Russian citizen on Board of a yacht sailing from Phuket to the Similan Islands.Vladimir Sosnovgeology the consular Department of the Embassy of Russia in Thailand
“Official reports from the Thai authorities we have, on the contrary, it focused on the search for the missing tourist”, — said the Agency diplomat.
The Consul also said that during the searches initiated by the Embassy and the travel Agency, in the sea off the Similan Islands have been found the yacht on which there was one Russian who ran it. The Russian said that his friend who came with him along with Phuket, was gone, and he at the time of detection of the yacht for almost a day looking for it in the sea in those areas that the yacht passed on the way from Phuket.
“Now you can put forward any version, he would want to swim and could be swept away by the current, he could be in the water in a drunken state… But all these versions yet equally untenable, because there is no evidence either one of them yet has not. In any case, you should wait for the results of our search that continues to drive the Thai emergency services”, — said head of the consular Department of the Embassy.