Five still missing as Bangladeshi ship capsized off Phuket
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Thai Navy on Thursday rescued a crew member of a Bangladeshi cargo ship that capsized in the Andaman Sea.
He was identified as 40-year-old Abubagar Siddiue.
At the press time, the search is continued for five others crew still despite the bad weather.
The "MV HOPE" ship, heading for Bangladesh’s port of Chittagong, capsized in rough seas 32 kilometres off an island near Phuket this morning. Eighteen of the crew were rescued from the ship by a Navy helicopter, but 11 others were in a lifeboat “that drifted from the site”.
Later five of them were rescued by another vessel namely "MV BUX MOON" which now headed to Chittagong.
