Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Armed Forces leads troops to stand in mourning dead force HTMS Sukhothai shipwreck Shows strength, unity, maintaining the ship at full capacity. There are still 8 other people who have not yet been found. Continue to investigate – recover the boat – eliminate the oil stain.
27 Dec. 2022 – at the Royal Thai Army Headquarters, Gen. Chalermpol Srisawat, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Armed Forces chaired the meeting of the commanders of the Armed Forces with the Army Commander naval commander air force commander national police chief Attended the meeting, then Admiral Chalermpol praised the work of the Sukhothai Royal Navy. due to the condition The important thing is to show that the personnel on the Sukhothai ships are trying to maintain the main equipment. that is important to the fullest capacity By believing that it is in the ability to solve the incident that will happen to the Sukhothai Royal Navy until the time when the weather conditions are severe until causing an accident with the ship As the public and the media have seen and acknowledged the operations of the troops that have been strengthened. Have the ability to try to help other people to the best of their abilities. Some of them caused the loss of personnel, which such events I have been solving problems and searching for missing people all along. At present, there are 10 people left, which we will continue.
“In the incident It is with deepest condolences to the Navy and the families of those who lost their lives. At the same time, the incident brought solidarity. The solidarity of the troops who will join in the action to resolve the incident and take care of the family and the operations of the Navy in the future. We are also preparing to support various operations, respecting the power of the Royal Thai Navy Sukhothai. who died in the mission this time In addition, before the meeting, the commander-in-chief of the army, I invited the attendees to mourn. The Royal Admiral of Sukhothai also died.”
Admiral Choengchai Chomchoengphaet, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, added that Today, on behalf of the Navy, he thanked the commander in chief. Royal Thai Army and Royal Thai Navy at all units have kindly supported the Royal Thai Navy in helping the victims. Including sending representatives to visit the families of injured troops at hospitals and supporting aircraft to evacuate the bodies of the deceased. to perform the cremation ceremony The Navy would like to thank all agencies that participated in this action. And today we found two more missing people at 9:30 a.m. and at 10:15 a.m., a fishing boat found a missing person. In Chumphon province, boats were sent to pick up the bodies of the deceased. Ready to bring the body of the deceased to the next identity
In addition, the helicopter has detected a deceased body wearing a camouflage outfit, it is expected that there will be another center of Han. Today, the body is being transported for further identification. Now there are 8 missing people who have not yet been found. The Navy will continue to search for tomorrow (December 28) will bring the body of the deceased whose identity has been proven from Prachuap Khiri Khan back to Sattahip. And there will be a ceremony to offer royal water to bathe the body and pray for the Abhidhamma.
When asked regarding the establishment of a committee to inspect the HTMS Sukho Tubpang Admiral Choengchai stated that a committee was established to investigate to determine the cause of the Sukhothai shipwreck and sinking into the sea due to water entering the ship. Until the troops might not keep the ship. In part 2, check the procedures following the ship has left. Operations of the Royal Thai Navy’s personnel to help various And the steps taken since the ship sank whether the procedures were followed correctly or not. which assumes that the investigation has already begun, the results will be summarized and presented to the superiors in hierarchical order
When asked regarding the progress of the ship salvage because there is an oil stain that flows out Admiral Choengchai said that in the area where the ship was sunk that day, there were 3 sunken ships, a merchant ship and the Sukhothai Royal Navy. All 3 areas were declared a disaster area. wait for support so as not to An unrelated person entered the area. Regarding the oil in the ship, in the case of the Sukhothai ship, it was expected that a certain amount of oil had leaked out, planning was made so as not to affect the environment and bring such oil up.
While Adm. Prut Monthatphalin, spokesman for the Royal Thai Navy, said that the Royal Thai Navy is still working. Accelerate the search and rescue of troops In the case of HMS Sukhothai wrecked in the planned patrol area part along the coast Pedestrian patrols are still being held in areas where missing persons are expected to be found. by this morning Was notified by a fishing boat fishing in the area of Ko Sak, Chumphon Province that one body was found in the said area, Fisheries Patrol Boat 611 came to retrieve it. From the preliminary evidence, it can indicate that it was a Navy personnel. Later, at 10.43, another body was found dead by the Fisheries Patrol Boat No. 619 to retrieve it. which has evidence indicating that it is also a naval force At this time, the two bodies Enter the process of identity verification to verify the person’s identity. Including one more body that was found yesterday, which if the person can be confirmed, will be notified at the first opportunity
Summary of helping the victims (December 27, 2022) at 11:30 a.m., total of 105 troops, 76 of them survived, 21 of them died, of which 18 can be identified by name and there is evidence indicating that they are troops. Navy and in the process of identity verification to confirm the identity of 3 officers, 8 missing persons remain.
For the list of dead troops Which can confirm the identity of 18 officers, consisting of 1. Acting Lieutenant Samart Kaewphant 2. Colonel Atcha Kaewsuphan 3. Colonel Somkiat Authorized warrant 4. Colonel Sergeant Amnat Pimtee 5. Sergeant Major Chakphong Poonphon 6. Sergeant Boonlert Thongthip 7. Sergeant Ekchuchai Cherd 8. Sergeant Thawatchai Sapirat 9. Sergeant Major Sathaphon Somnuea 10. Sergeant Nopanut Khamwong 11 .Major Sergeant Supakit Thiwalai 12. Major Sergeant Sarawut Nadi 13. Private Akaradej Phobut 14. Private Chirawat Thuphom 15. Private Sittiphong Hongthong 16. Private Woraphong Boonlakhon 17. Private soldier Preecha Raksaphakdee 18. Private soldier Chamlong Saenkae
