Seventy-six sailors from the HTMS Sukhothai were hauled from the sea after the vessel went down late Sunday in the Gulf of Thailand, roughly 37 kilometres (22 miles) off the Southeast Asian country's southeastern coast.
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN - Rescuers in helicopters scoured the Gulf of Thailand on Tuesday for dozens of sailors who went missing when their naval vessel sank, hoping life jackets had helped them survive two nights in the choppy waters.
"I am hopeful we will find some survivors, because they have life vests," said naval officer Narong Khumburi.Efforts to find the missing crew were focused on aerial searches, with the Royal Thai airforce assisting the operation. "Now, we are just surveilling the situation using the helicopter," naval diver Prawit Gongnak told AFP at the pier in Prachuap Khiri Khan town.