4hw.com.cn: the shipwreck in Phuket, Thailand, has touched the hearts of countless people. The death toll has exceeded 100, which has aroused people's attention and deep thought. For this tragedy, Xiaobian has collected and sorted out five questions. Let's have a look.
Question 1
Is notice of no sea going issued on the same day?
At about 9 a.m. on the 5th, Phoenix was scheduled to board more than 90 guests at Chalong Wharf on Phuket Island. For various reasons, five people temporarily decided not to board the ship. At last, 89 people boarded the ship, including 87 Chinese tourists and 2 foreigners. At this time, the sky is a little overcast and drizzled. According to the confirmation of many tourism practitioners in Phuket, the sea flag hung on the wharf at this time is green to allow the sea. On the same day, the cruise ships at Chalong Wharf in Phuket almost came out. Phoenix is not the only or a small number of vessels that have violated the ban.
More than 10 minutes after boarding, a guide said to the passengers, 'life jackets can be taken off', at this time, the ship is on the sea. According to the schedule of the day, the Phoenix will visit the little emperor island and the big emperor island. On the way to xiaohuangdao, the first stop, a group of five graduates from Guangdong took the last neat back photo on the third floor.
According to the Thai side, the relevant departments had sent a text message that day to warn the ship that there would be a storm. But up to now, there are two controversial points in this statement: first, the time of sending the text message is believed to be around 4 p.m., and at this time, the Phoenix has been on the sea all day, and is about to embark on the return journey from the great emperor island; second, whether this text message has the effect of 'ban', or only in the form of notice, has not yet received a positive reply from Thailand. There are also claims that the message was only sent to the fishing boats and other ships of the day, not including cruise ships - a claim that has yet to be confirmed.
Question 2
The guide didn't urge the tourists to wear life jackets all the way. Instead, he took them away?
The itinerary of little emperor island is a series of recreational activities on water. After enjoying playing, the guests return one after another.
"The guide stood at the door of the cabin and collected our life jackets one by one, so as not to let the wet ones in. Both Ms. Xu and Mr. Lin agreed, saying that they were afraid of wetting the floor, so the life jackets were put away and hung on the pillars outside the cabin on the first floor. '
After this detail, there are not many passengers wearing life jackets on the Phoenix. In addition, the trip to dadongdao was more leisure. When the guests walked on the beach of dadongdao in one day and left comfortably, the passengers on the Phoenix almost didn't need to put on life jackets. In a few days' interview, the cover reporter of Huaxi City daily heard the same detailed description many times: 'before the ship is going to turn over, the guide rushed to the first floor cabin to distribute life jackets one by one. "Some of the survivors confirmed that they put on their life jackets and rushed to the deck less than half a minute before the ship sank.
It is worth mentioning that several survivors confirmed that they were not required to sign any documents such as' safety notice 'before boarding. In addition, among the Phoenix survivors, there was a pregnant woman.
Question 3
What emergency preparations did the captain and other staff make before the shipwreck?
At 4 p.m. that day, the Phoenix set sail back from the great emperor island. At this time, the sky began to darken, and according to the Thai side, "notice message" has been sent. The Phoenix did not stop at the great emperor island to wait for the storm to pass, but chose to return as scheduled based on experience.
Huaxi Metropolis Daily - after repeated verification by the cover reporter, it was confirmed that the storm gathered in about 15-20 minutes. At this time, Phoenix was driving on the sea, behind it was the great emperor Island, and in front of it was the coral island. The two islands could be seen from afar. Between 4:15 and 4:20, the storm officially came, and the ship swayed in the wind and rain, with a left-right tilt of 45 degrees. Some passengers expressed their fear, but a guide said: 'look, I didn't wear a life jacket. I'm afraid of anything. '
According to a Dong, a staff member on the ship, when he found that the situation was getting worse, he asked the captain 'will something happen to the ship?' but how the latter responded at that time was not clear. At that time, most of the passengers gathered in the cabin on the first floor, and even people sat on the floor, but most of them didn't wear life jackets before the crew dispatched them.
'I sent them to the deck after the first floor, and then I ran to the second floor. As soon as I got on, the boat began to sink. "This is consistent with the description of the survivors afterwards. Some survivors said that they were on the first floor who ran out of the hatch relatively backward: 'the first people who ran out fell on the deck because the ship was too shaky. The middle was blocked, the back pushed forward. As soon as I ran out for about 10 seconds, the boat sank. "It took less than 5 minutes from the time of lifejacket distribution to the time of deck exit.
On the other hand, a diving instructor who claims to have been working on the Phoenix for a long time said it was common for cruise ships on Phuket to 'get on board without a life jacket'.
Question 4
The number of passengers is nearly 100. Are the two lifeboats compliant?
At about 6:00 p.m. on the 5th, after struggling to save herself 500 meters, the Phoenix sank 10 minutes from the coral island. If the passengers are lucky enough to come out of the water, most of them are rescued to the two round lifeboats of Phoenix. According to personnel on two lifeboats, at the time of rescue, there could be at most 10 people on one boat. According to the crew, the maximum capacity of the lifeboat can reach 50 people / ship.
The reporter learned from an interview with people in the industry who have been engaged in Phuket tourism for a long time in Sichuan that even if they travel with groups, professional tour guides will only be very careful about life jackets. But for lifeboats, companies are not very concerned. 'it can be said that we don't go to see the lifeboat basically, and almost never think about it. 'said the celebrity.
Question 5
Is the Phoenix a zero dollar group?
In the interview, the vast majority of customers order products through online platforms such as Feizhu / lazy cat. According to the process, guests pay to the platform, and the platform contacts the local ticket company or travel agency of Phuket Island, with the intermediary business as the two parties. So far, the reporter has not investigated that there are members of the "zero yuan Group" customers, but to rearrange the itinerary of that day, the "green flag" is hung on the wharf, the weather is OK when traveling, and even after 10 o'clock in the morning, the weather is sunny, so there is no need for passengers to "force" the captain to go to sea. And the details of "forcing the captain to go to sea" have never been mentioned by the reporters and the surviving staff of the Phoenix as well as the ticket office that takes part of the tourists.