article_snippet.sent: The youngster was thought to have been in the toilet on board the Ao Nang Princess 5 ferry which was carrying more than 100 people, including many foreign tourists, when the incident happened at around 3.30pm local time.
article_snippet.sent: Passengers were throwing Passengers into Andaman Sea after the engine exploded and flames ripped through 35-metre-long boat, according to the Bangkok Post.
article_snippet.sent: Between 100 and 110 passengers and crew had to be rescued by a dozen fishing trawlers, speed boats and rescue craft .
article_snippet.sent: About a dozen fishing trawlers, speed boats and rescue craft from police and marine authorities assisted in the rescue operation.
article_snippet.sent: None of those brought ashore were reported to be injured, but one person aboard another boat that was going to the beach resort of Phuket did die, according to Phuket News.
article_snippet.sent: Passenger Panupon Rattanakornpanya, 44, told Thai Rath Online, that crew members told Pol Capt
article_snippet.sent: Tour Co. Thailand's tourist industry, which welcomes more than 20 million people a year, has suffered a black eye in recent years due to domestic political violence and several high-profile killings and unexplained accidental deaths of Westerners, but serious marine accidents are uncommon.
highlights_snippet.sent: Passengers seen throwing Passengers overboard before being rescued .
  