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Now that the missing Thai football team has been found, the next step is to figure out how to get the boys out and coach them to a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand.
Here is an overview of the options and the extraction the 12 boys and the coach could take time
Why the rescue is so difficult
The cave is huge
Tham Luang Nang No cave in Chiang The province of Rai extends under a mountainside for a distance of up to 10 kilometers, in much of it by a series of narrow pbadages leading to large rooms and narrow pbadages. The rocky and muddy soil makes several changes of elevation along the way.
The British Cave Rescue Council, whose members participate in the operation, estimates that the boys are found about two kilometers in the cave and between 800 meters and one kilometer below the surface. Other estimates place the boys up to four kilometers in the cave
The cave is flooded
Find the boys took more than nine days, partly because of the difficulty to move in the cave. The cave collapses during the Thai rainy season and even SEAL divers from the elite Thai navy have trouble moving through muddy waters, currents and narrow pbadages
"The environment in which they find will have almost no visibility. ", Doug Munroe, an experienced caveman from Alberta / BC Cave Rescue Network, told CBC News
By the time boys were found, the water levels in the cave increased by more than 15 centimeters every hour.
The 12 boys and their football coach were found cave in northern Thailand on Monday night, plus a week after their disappearance (Thai Navy Seal via Associated Press)
Safety First
Thai authorities committed to "100% security" when they consider how to extract the boys, who do not seem to need emergency medical evacuation. The provincial governor of Chiang Rai, Narongsak Osatanakorn, said, "We have worked so hard to find them and we will not lose them."
Rescue options
According to Anmar Mirza, national coordinator of the National Cave Rescue Commission in the United States and publisher of the Manual Manual of US Cave Technical Rescue, the main decision now is to try to get the boys out of the cave or provide them with provisions on the spot.
One sees a spirit and image of Buddha state in front of a cave near the cave complex of Tham Luang. The complex stretches under a mountain flank for a distance of up to 10 kilometers, largely a succession of narrow pbadages that lead to large rooms and then narrow pbadageways. (Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters)
Providing them in place
This is probably the safest option. This would involve bringing food and other supplies to the boys and waiting for the water levels to drop, naturally or by pumping water, or until they reach the water level. Rescuers can find or create another exit. This could last from a few days to several weeks or even months, as the rainy season usually lasts until October.
The Thai Navy is already doing this work in the short term by sending teams of high-protein liquid food to feed the boys. the infrastructure of the cave where they are to make sure that it is safe. The navy said the doctors would be sent to help and improve the conditions in the cave.
Rescuers are also trying to pump water from the cave, but the government says some areas can not be drained. drain the rising floodwater into a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach had disappeared. The government says that some areas of the cave can not be drained (Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press)
More monsoon rains are coming. After a weather break in recent days, the Thai meteorological department's weather forecast for Chiang Rai is forecasting light rain until Friday, followed by heavy rains beginning Saturday and continuing until July 10th. Such storms could increase water levels in the cave and complicate supply missions or eventual extrication, if any. According to the Minister of the Interior, Anupong Paojinda, as a result of the predictions, the boys may have to swim with diving equipment. He said that they would have gone out the same complicated route by which their rescuers came in.
Create Another Entry
With search efforts inside the cave, rescuers searched on the side of the mountain. ways in the caves below. The authorities have stated that these efforts will continue. The backhoes and drilling equipment were sent to the mountains, but creating a well large enough to extract the boys would be extremely complicated and could take a long time. The British Cave Rescue Council stated that the boys were "located in a relatively small space and that this would make any attempt at potential drilling as a means of rescue very difficult."
Vehicles are observed near the cave complex. The backhoes and drilling equipment were sent to the mountains, but creating a well large enough to extract the boys would be extremely complicated and could take a long time. (Tom Nilpi / Reuters)
The Dive
Diving would be the fastest, but probably the most dangerous method of extraction. Mirza said that "trying to take non-divers through a cave is one of the most dangerous situations possible, even though dives are relatively easy."
In this case, boys can not swim, said Ben Reymenants. According to a member of the rescue team, in a Skype interview with CBC News
cave dives were a challenge even for spelunkers and divers, who needed days to reach the boys. Getting out the boys could go faster due to the installation of dive lines, extra oxygen tanks left on the way and glow sticks lighting the way. However, the British Cave Rescue Council said: "Any attempt to dive the boys and their coach will not be taken lightly because there are technical challenges and significant risks to consider."
A student shows a photo of fellow student Prachak Sutham, 13, who is a member of the under-16 football team trapped in a flooded cave with their football coach. (Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters)
