A flight carrying the bodies of 15 Indian tourists killed in Saturday’s speedboat capsizing left Ho Chi Minh City for Mumbai, with Indian states asked to arrange onward travel.
32 Indian tourists and four Vietnamese crew were aboard when the boat overturned near Phu Quoc after a storm hit and a large wave slammed the vessel, according to a survivor.
16 survivors have been discharged and are returning to India, while one 49-year-old man was moved to Cho Ray Hospital with severe lung damage, brain bleeding and other injuries.
Vietnamese authorities are investigating captain Nguyen Hong Hai, 57, for alleged waterway transport safety violations in the accident involving a Lava International company trip.
The crash struck one of Vietnam’s busiest beach destinations as India remains one of the country’s fastest-growing tourism markets.