15% oxygen in the cave The Thai seal commander admitted: evacuate as soon as possible, can not wait! | ETtoday International | ETtoday News Cloud

▲ The youth football team was trapped in the cave for 2 weeks, and the situation becomes more and more dangerous. (Photo / Reuters)

Reporter Wang Zhikai / Full Report

The 13-day trapped cave of the teacher and student of the Chiang Rai football team in northern Thailand entered into the 15th day and the situation becomes more and more dangerous. As oxygen in the caverns is gradually depleted and heavy rain approaches, Thai Seal Force Commander Apa Kun has recognized for the first time, "We can not wait any longer".

CNN reported that the authorities had originally planned to let the football team and teachers stay in the hole for a while until the water level drops and let them out of the hole, but the members of the rescue team have accidentally lost their lives. Since the oxygen content in the cave has been low enough, the authorities need to rethink the rescue plan. Aphakorn Yoo – kongkaew, commander of the Royal Navy Seals of Thailand, said that the amount of oxygen in the caves had been reduced to only 15% and that the medical team believed that the trapped people were at risk. have hypoxia at any time. There are symptoms similar to the mountain reaction, so the plan to keep children in the hole becomes too dangerous.

APA Kun told the media on the 6th, "We can not wait anymore." He said, "We thought at first that the boys could stay in the cave safely, but the situation has changed, we do not have a lot of time." He did not explain how long boys could stay in the current situation. Going to the cave is the first priority right now.

A Thai Navy official privately revealed that although the situation is urgent, the army does not intend to rescue the trapped person in the next 24 hours because that the danger is still too high. An official who participated directly in the operation revealed that one of the reasons why the evacuation could not start was that they still lacked three combinations of a thickness of 5 mm because three boys were too small and existing combinations could not be used.

In addition, due to the lower and lower oxygen content, the number of rescuers who were involved in the trapped person was reduced from 10 to 5. On the 6th, at 2 am, Samarn Kunan, a member of the unit of the retired hunters, unfortunately lost oxygen in the process of transporting oxygen to the traps, which allowed the authorities to accelerate the plan safety.

Another delicate issue outside of oxygen is rain. Although they have been relatively dry in recent days, rescuers have taken the time to pump water 24 hours a day and reduce the level of water in the cave, but the weather will drop during the weekend and the water level in the cave will be reached. May be higher than before.

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