Search Continues for Missing Tugboat Crew in Bangkok

Previously reported, on Wednesday September 29 a tugboat which was noted as pulling five cargo barges abruptly overturned in the Chao Phraya River near Ayuttaya province and sank along w the crew onboard.

It is now noted that the crew, husband Somchai Tharnkul, 60,  and his wife Naruemol Tharnkul have not been seen or found since the incident.

On September 30 a sonar scanner was introduced to further search the area in question as well as divers were called in to be used.

The search continues for the crew and the tug which authorities believe to have went 20 meters below the surface.