The 76 crew and passengers, mostly foreign tourists, on a ferry shuttling between a pier on mainland Surat Thani to the Koh Tao resort island in the Gulf of Thailand, were rescued on Friday morning, after the engine of the boat failed mid-voyage and water began to flow into the vessel.

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The skipper of the Saengdee Maneesap 111 vessel sent a distress signal to the Koh Pha-ngan district office emergency unit and the police seeking emergency help. The boat was floating about seven kilometres from Koh Tao. The water pump had also failed.

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By Thai PBS World