The survivors of a plane crash in which eight people died have described the horrifying moment the aircraft skidded on to the runway and burst into flames. Ninety people are known to have died as a result of the incident in Thailand on September 16, 2007. Eight of those killed were British citizens. The crash […]
PHUKET police are continuing their hunt for the driver of a tour bus that flipped and crashed on Patong Hill earlier this month, killing one passenger and injuring scores of others. Police Superintendent Colonel Arayapan Pukbuakao, of Patong’s Kathu station, said an arrest warrant had been issued for the driver, named as Yongyot ”Nuan” Jantip, […]
POLICE on Phuket are hunting the leader of an alleged gang of Chinese tourists turned thieves after he ran away from arresting officers and escaped. His three companions also fled on foot when police challenged them yesterday afternoon at their resort in Karon, police in the southern Phuket district of Chalong said today when the […]
THE ITALIAN man shot dead on Phuket last night has been named today as prominent businessman Luciano Butti, 60, by Italian website tgcom.it. From 1997 Mr Butti ran Ciao Bella, a popular restaurant on Phi Phi, and was the author of a book on the 2004 tsunami that devastated the region. Phuket police were carefully […]
A SWEDISH man accused of stealing 85 mobile phones claims he found them in a box in Phuket carpark and denies he is a thief. Identified at first only as ”Mr John,” the man was arrested after Patong police traced one of the telephones, missing since March 3, to Pawaret Deesamer, 34. Khun Pawaret said […]
WORD ON JAPAN TSUNAMI: Phuket and Thailand are not listed as being at risk from a tsunami in the latest tsunami warning issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center about 30 minutes ago. The “Widespread Tsunami Warning” was issued to government authorities across the region following the massive earthquake, and confirmation that ‘destructive waves’ had […]
PHUKET police are pursuing the road-weary driver of a tour bus that crashed on Patong Hill today, killing one man and injuring 41 other passengers, three of them seriously. Twenty-nine-year-old Nuan was the only driver on a 1300 kilometre four-day, five night round trip from Phuket to the north of Thailand – and he overturned […]
AN ALLEGED Patong drug dealer who fired a shot as he fled Phuket police at the weekend later surrendered and is likely to be charged with attempting to kill an officer, police said today. Police were closing in to surround Patsaworn ”Mo” Tubtimtong, 23, at a house in Kathu when a woman opened the door […]
