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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-asia-44755452?__twitter_impression=true"SNIP.......
Rescue teams entered the cave at 10:00 local time (03:00 GMT), an official said at a news conference.
Earlier in the day, all non-essential staff were evacuated from the site, leaving only diving teams, medics and security forces at the site.
The boys were exploring the cave on 23 June when they were cut off by water.
Thirteen foreign divers and five from the Thai Navy are involved in the rescue mission.
The earliest the first boys could emerge is 21:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Sunday, according to the officials, who added that both the trapped group and their families had been informed of the plan.
It is unclear exactly how the boys will be moved.
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applegrove
(118,639 posts)Girard442
(6,070 posts)question everything
(47,476 posts)spanone
(135,830 posts)Gothmog
(145,168 posts)RandySF
(58,797 posts)I heard that it took experienced divers six hours to get through those flooded paths.
applegrove
(118,639 posts)and will likely explain to the kids what comes next as the dives continue. I used to love being underwater with a mask as a kid. I hope these kids are not too scared. Vibes.
Lefta Dissenter
(6,622 posts)I cant imagine what their families are going through right now.
Rhiannon12866
(205,272 posts)A Thai governor says the operation to bring out 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach from deep inside a cave where they have been trapped for two weeks has begun.
The acting Chiang Rai governor has told reporters today is D-Day with 13 foreigner and five Thai divers taking part in the rescue.
He says the divers went in at 10 a.m. and the boys will gradually come out accompanied by two divers each. He says the earliest they will come out is 9 p.m. Saturday (10 a.m. ET).
The only way to bring them out is by navigating dark and tight passageways filled with muddy water and strong currents, as well as oxygen-depleted air.
Experienced cave rescue experts consider an underwater escape a last resort, especially with people untrained in diving, as the boys are. The path out is considered especially complicated because of twists and turns in narrow flooded passages.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4319134/thailand-cave-rescue-operation/?utm_source=notification/
applegrove
(118,639 posts)There is that.
Rhiannon12866
(205,272 posts)Since one experienced diver already didn't make it. But it seems like the optimum time to move on this.
applegrove
(118,639 posts)every time they come to more water.
Rhiannon12866
(205,272 posts)They've been in there for awhile - and they're kids.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)The difficulties they are facing are much more worrisome. Cave diving is a completely different animal.
JI7
(89,248 posts)but it was something that would be similar to what they would deal with in that thailand cave and it freaked me out.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)EDITED FOR CLARIFICATION:
Although there are some slightly difficult parts that we have to bend or crawl [in] we can say that we can just walk through, Narongsak Osatanakorn, former governor of Chiang Rai province, who is heading up the rescue operation said of conditions in the cave.
We have done extremely well as yesterday we were able to reduce the water level by 30cm, the record of what weve achieved.
However, the governor was asked directly if the boys would need to dive and declined to answer, saying only that most of the path would be walkable.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/jul/08/thailand-cave-rescue-operation-divers-trapped-boys-live
30cm = 11.8 inches
grantcart
(53,061 posts)is giving them a block of time.
Thai media is reporting that they have to move quickly because the amount of CO2 that is accruing in the cave is spiking because of all the rescue activity and the amount of Oxygen at Pattaya Beach is dropping fast.
They have moved all of the press away and put up curtains around the front and allowed only family members to wait at the front.
The Governor of Chiang Rai who was recently moved (it is thought he refused to cooperate with drug smugglers) came back and will emerge as the national hero from it. He has a very calming voice and is very clear in his explanation and explaining in detail why people should be calm.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1499806/rescue-of-trapped-children-set-to-begin
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)I can only hope I wake up to good news. As others have said, I can't imagine what their loved ones are going through.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)The Thais are the world masters at draining water quickly. They use jet engines to drain Bangkok when it floods.
It is estimated that they are pumping out 1 million litters an hour which will significantly reduce the water level if it isn't raining
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210841985
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)backtoblue
(11,343 posts)Takket
(21,563 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)-May your good spirit guide the children and their coach home safely-
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE, SIR
applegrove
(118,639 posts)Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)He has left the immediate rescue staging area along with the rest of non-emergency crew, but is still nevertheless on the scene
best good wishes to all
frogmarch
(12,153 posts)Snip:
The governor said the mission could take two days. Theres no time limit for the operation, he said.
It depends on the weather. It depends on the water levels. If something changes well stop. But I expect the operation to finish in the next couple of days.
Click red Thailand cave rescue: officials announce mission has begun - live for live updates.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,853 posts)the parents are going through.
When I first heard the story of the lost kids, my first thought was, "They're dead." I know that it's normal to hold out hope even long after the possibility of survival still exists. And then, the kids were found. I can almost imagine my joy, if my son were there. And then the continued uncertainty.
I am just hoping that science (not magic, not god, not prayers) rescue them.
Raine
(30,540 posts)and prayers ...