Thai Navy Ship Sinking: Race Against Time To Find Missing Sailors

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Rescuers are combing the Gulf of Thailand on the second day of a search for 29 sailors still missing after a Thai warship sank.

The ship carrying 105 crew sank off the south-east coast on Sunday night after losing power in a storm. Search teams have saved 76 people so far, including one man found on Tuesday after two nights in rough seas. Reports say close to a third of the crew is still missing. The navy has not disclosed if there were any fatalities.

The Thai navy and air force resumed the search on Tuesday with hundreds of officers on four navy ships as well as several helicopters deployed to scan a vast 50-square-kilometre (30 square miles) area

A Thai naval commander had earlier suggested search crews had only a two-day window to find anyone alive in the ocean. The Thai navy said this was the first time it had lost a ship in such circumstances, and it would launch an investigation.