SURAT THANI: Divers are searching for an American tourist who disappeared while swimming in the reservoir at the Ratchaprapa dam on Friday.
Jordan Scot, 30, was reported missing when he failed to surface after jumping into the water at the dam in Ban Ta Khun district, said Pol Capt Somsak Ritthikul, a duty officer at the Ban Ta Khun police station.
Mr Scot, a resident of Washington DC, was visiting the dam with five friends on a one-day trip. The group had gone swimming and his friends said they did not see Mr Scot after he jumped into the water for a second time, according to police.
The area where they were swimming is 48 metres deep.
