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The Sun ( UK) have run a long article about the incident involving Leo and the crew at sea . It was given headline news on the front page , and a whole page inside the paper , photos of Leo and the boat and the safety team. This article raises some very worrying questions about the safety of this shoot ......from PussyKat of the UK..

Star Leo leaps for his life as film boat sinks in a monsoon.

Movie Idol Leonardo DiCaprio had to swim for his life when a boat he was using for filming began sinking in shark infested waters off Thailand . He leapt into the Indian Ocean as the monsoon whipped up 15 ft waves and flooded the boat . Leo his British co star Tilda Swinton and terrified crew members spent 30 minutes in the water before rescuers arrived.

Leonardo kept his cool when ordered to jump off his sinking boat, even when told the ocean was teeming with sharks. Safety divers said the heart throb remained calm throughout the ordeal and even helped reassure screaming pals as they floundered in the rain lashed Indian Ocean . Dive master Paul Davies employed with his brother Rob to look after the movie team told how Leo and his co star Tilda were aboard the Flying Frog, one of two boats filming a mile off Phuket. Paul said " We were struggling against the waves and were trying to get out of the worst of the wild weather when suddenly the engines packed in . We had already taken on a foot of water so I gave the order to abandon boat . I told them we'd be safer in the sea than on board . I jumped first and Leo was the first to follow . He was very cool . I had been body surfing with him a few days earlier and knew that he was confident in water and a good swimmer . Someone asked about sharks and I told them not to worry . But there can't have been anyone who didn't at one stage think they would die."

A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox confirmed the incident and said " All cast and crew were picked up unharmed ." The drama began as Leo and Tilda filmed a nautical scene from The Beach. Film crew including cameramen , makeup girls and hairdressers accompanied them aboard a second boat. Paul said " As soon as Rob and I arrived we could see the potential trouble straight away . Leo had to film in a Thai duck tailed fishing boat. It was only 15ft long , old and decrepit and HAD ALREADY TAKEN ON WATER BEFORE GOING OUT TO SEA . ( My thoughts here .... I cannot believe the production team were so irresponsible to let Leo or anyone else go out to sea in a leaking old boat! There is a photograph of this boat and it is indeed VERY decrepit ! Its a shambles , doesn't look seaworthy at all .) More from the safety guy Paul." We immediately recommended that the shoot NOT go ahead and that they should find another boat. But we were told that the Art Department had chosen that particular boat and it was too late to change as it had already been used in other scenes." Paul went on .."We towed the Thai boat out using our 15ft boat the Flying Frog and lashed the sterns together. We managed to get about an hours shooting done , but when we went out for a second time all hell broke loose!"

Suddenly with Leo and the the crew all thankfully on board the Flying Frog the other vessel was sunk by a 15ft wave . Paul's brother Rob was on board it with a cameraman , he said "The waves simply turned us over. I was under the water for about 30 seconds and the cameraman even longer as he got trapped under the boat . NEITHER OF US HAD LIFEJACKETS but luckily the Flying Frog was close enough for others to throw some to us. "

Leonardo and the crew watched aghast as the Thai vessel disappeared . Paul said "Then our engines packed up . I realised we would be better off in the sea and gave the order to jump . We had already radioed for our back up rescue boats and Leo and I gathered everybody together . Some of the make up girls were screaming and crying , Tilda was frozen in terror . People must have been in the water for 30 even 45 minutes . When rescue boats arrived they could not get to us , so I ordered the group to swim with the current . Waves were thrashing at us from all sides and containers of film equipment threatened to crash down on us . Finally we managed to reach some better water where rescue boats could manoeuvre and I was able to push all on board."

"Afterwards producer Andrew McDonald was kind enough to thank our boss . He said "If not for your guys someone would have died ." The boats were tossed about like matchwood its lucky everyone got away unscathed."