MV Doulos in Bangkok

MV Doulos the world famous floating library returns to Bangkok to expand knowledge, help and hope during its stay in August.



The MV Doulos – just two years younger than the Titanic

From July 29 to August 24, 2009, MV Doulos opens its door at the Khlong Toei Port, Bangkok, for interested people to visit its book store and get in touch with its volunteers to exchange cultures and experiences.

This is the fifth visit to Thailand. The mission of the ship is to bring knowledge, help and hope to every human being on earth. Moreover, the ship can become an outside classroom for its member crews to learn how to live and work together under cultural differences.



MV Doulos crews provide a lot of activities for people who visit its ship such as sharing experiences with the crews, international café for music, dance and language, international cultural performances and an English café.

MV Doulos was built in 1914, 2 years after Titanic. It is listed in the Guinness book of world records as the world’s oldest ocean-going passenger ship.

Over the past 30 years, MV Doulos visited over 100 countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Europe, Australia and the Arabian Peninsula. More than 21 million people have come on board to visit her famous floating book fair.

Samui Airport Crash: Bangkok Airways skids off runway

Koh Samui, Thailand: A Bangkok Airways aircraft flight PG 266 skidded off the runway at Samui Airport and crashed into an aviation control tower today.

Update 4:30pm:
About 40 injured of Bangkok Airways' doomed flight PG266 were rushed to the Bangkok Samui Hospital. The hospital could be reached by Tel: 077429500.

Another hospital on the island is Samui Hospital which can be reached at Tel: 0-7742-0902, 0-7742-1399.

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The accident took place at about 2.30pm and as of 4pm, the number of injuries and fatalities was still unclear. Reports say the Captain was killed instantly.

Rescue teams and workers rushed to the scene to evacuate the passengers of the ill-fated flight.



Initial report said that the 75-seat aircraft from Krabi province was landing at the Samui airport when it slid of the runway reportedly because of the poor weather.

The Nation's reporter who was at the scene said the aircraft did not catch fire when the crash happened.

Samui district chief Sakchai Johpalit said rescue workers were evacuating the injured passengers from the aircraft. The aircraft carried 68 passengers. The accident took place as the island was hit by consecutive days of heavy rains. Heavy rains continued after the accident happened.