Rescue of the cave in Thailand: the time passes to free the boys before the monsoon strikes – live | News from the world

Elon Musk said he was "happy to help" relief efforts if he could do anything to get there to contribute.

Twitter who asked if he was going to help, the co-founder of Tesla, wrote: "I suspect the Thai government to control this, but I am happy to be able to help if there is way to do."

There is much discussion about potential rescue operations.

A rescue plan was described yesterday that involved putting boys in dive gear and getting them out of the cave by divers. This plan would involve:

• Boys would be dressed in overalls, boots and helmets, and divers would use an 8mm static rope that is already in place to guide them into the cave system.
• carry their own 12 liter air tanks – they are more likely to be supplied with oxygen from the supply of a marine diver.
• In addition to this, filled "scene tanks" are also set up every 25 to 50 meters along the road, allowing boys quick access to oxygen if their stocks are low [19659013] formed a link could function as guides for boys. "They need comfort, they need to talk to someone in their native language, someone who can keep them calm," said Torsten Torsten Lechler, a diver who works for Mermaid Subsea Services in Bangkok.

However, experienced divers are afraid to get boys out of the dark and dangerous waters that are still in the cave, especially since they are not trained.

"We are talking about underwater transport miles," said Claus Rasmusen, a certified underwater diving instructor based in Thailand who helped the Thai SEAL team with the logistics If they can not remove the boys before the start of the monsoon rains, which should happen this weekend, the authorities warned that the cave could be flooded, imprisoning the boys in the cave for months. and cutting them off, meaning that they were unable to receive supplies or to have communication with the outside world.The authorities said that they were always exploring others. options, such as scouring the mountain for other lanes in the cave and finding faster ways to pump water to the cave.

Michael Safi also reports that a new idea circulates around the site this morning: the poss ibility to insert a tiny capsule in the cave, in which the boys can be placed one by one. and guided the journey of about 4 km from their cave to the entrance of the cave.

A Thai official overseeing the rescue operation of a football team trapped in a flooded cave id the 12 boys and their coach can not not all be extracted at the same time depending on their health.

"All 13 may not go out at the same time, if the condition is good and that person is 100% ready, he can go out," Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osatanakorn said on Wednesday. "If the condition is good and that person is 100% ready, he can go out."

Narongsak said that the boys were training wearing diving masks and breathing, but he did not believe he had attempted Michael Safi dives "/>

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