Searchers drew a blank yesterday and suspended operations after the sun went down, but the search for resumed at 7am this morning.
Relatives of the two missing people – Mr Go Min Woo, 31, and Ms An Sun Yong, 28 – arrived in Phuket last night to join the search.
They were taken out on a boat from Royal Phuket Marina at 10am this morning to visit the area around where the speedboat crashed into a fishing boat, flipped and sank.
Meanwhile, the Phuket Tourism and Sports Office has put its Tourist Assistance Centre (TAC) at Surakul Stadium in Phuket Town into top gear to help those injured in the crash.
Phuket Tourism and Sport Director Santi Pawai told The Phuket News that the order to make special efforts to help the speedboat passengers came from the Tourism Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Suwat Sittilor.
“For those victims who have already been discharged from hospital, if they want to extend their stay in Thailand, we will arrange free tour packages and trips,” Mr Santi said.
“So far, we have arranged with airlines for flights for four injured people to be postponed indefinitely at no extra cost, and we have received consular requests to do the same for six other people who were hurt.”