Thai authorities have begun operations to ... more

A Chinese relative of a victim in the recent boat sinking is consoled at the Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, July 8, 2018. from Chalong pier in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, July 8, 2018. The death toll from Thursday's tragedy climbed to dozens, in Thailand's biggest tourist-related disaster ... more

Tourists arrive at Chalong pier in Phuket in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, July 8, 2018. Forty nine people are missing after a boat carrying 97 people, including Chinese tourists and Thai crew, capsized in rough seas off Thailand's tourist island of Phuket, the Thai navy said on Thursday. less

A Chinese relative of a victim in the recent boat sinking is consoled at the Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, July 8, 2018. from Chalong pier in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, July 8, 2018. Thai authorities have begun operations to salvage a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern resort ... more

A rescued tourist in the recent boat sinking, Huang Junxiong, is wheeled back to his bed at the Vachira Phuket Hospital in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, July 8, 2018. Police said the captain of the Phoenix had been charged with negligence causing death and the manager of the company operating the Serenata may be charged with negligence causing physical and mental damage to others. The search for the missing would also continue, he said, with divers and helicopters searching areas around the site and the nearby sea.
The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast of Thailand's Phuket Island climbs to 44, with five people still missing.