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Thai authorities claim that the 12 children and the football coach trapped in flooded caves should not be saved tonight as they still can not dive.
An air duct was installed in the room where the group was trapped for nearly two weeks at the Tham Luang cave complex.
The boys, aged 11 to 16, and their football coach entered the cave system 12 days ago. They remained stranded when a storm flooded most of the site and blocked the main exit.
Earlier this morning (6), a Thai Navy diver who was involved in rescue operations died while trying to refuel the group.
When addressing the press on Friday, the governor of Chiang Rai Province, where the cave complex is located, said the boys already have the strength to walk, but not to swim or dive. Narongsak Osotthanakorn said the health of most boys "has improved and is normal" and that first aid divers continue to teach them diving techniques and underwater breathing.
However, he denied that the team will try to save them tonight if it rains again.
Boys receive food and medical care, but forecasts of heavy rains on Sunday are worrying.
The military evacuated the water from the cave but if you can not lower the water level enough to be able to walk or swim superficially, there are only two rescue options left: teaching the boys to dive with an oxygen bottle or wait months before the end of the rainy season
The risk of waiting is that rain water, through the holes in the cave and the water courses that cross the mountain, will eventually flood the inner tube where the boys have found refuge.
The group was found in a cave by M. The group was found in a cave by British rescuers 10 days after the disappearance. They were sitting on the ledge of a rock in a room about 4 km from the entrance to the cave.
Since then, teams of Thai and foreign divers have been bringing them food, oxygen and medical care. the level of oxygen in the room, which officials say has dropped to 15%.
This decrease is due to the large number of people working inside the cave to allow rescue, says Narongsak Osotthanakorn
"We will try to develop the best plan, in which the risk is minimal
He also recalled that the rains have decreased in recent days, giving rescuers the opportunity to drain several areas of the cave that team members can access.
He also said that when the teams stopped emptying the water for 12 minutes on Friday, the water level in the cave increased by 10 cm.
On the surface, a huge military and civilian rescue operation goes to Against Time
Initially, the authorities studied leaving them inside caves until the end of the rainy season – which could mean that they would be imprisoned for four months.
The first responders dug is 100 holes in an attempt to reach the cave by a direct path. Eighteen of them – the deepest 400 meters – were promising, but the governor of Chiang Rai said that he was not sure he could reach the boys, who would be 600 meters below the surface.
the diver?
Saman Gunan – an experienced diver – lost consciousness as he was returning from Tham Luang cave after delivering oxygen tanks.
His death shows the risk that boys will be saved from narrow passages and flooded with caves – some of them do not know how to swim, and everyone will have to learn "
" His mission was to deliver the Oxygen, and it was left without enough on the way back, "said Chiang Rai's deputy governor, Passakorn Boonyaluck.
Saman, who was 38 years old according to reports, had already left the Navy , but returned to help in the rescue operation.He was also an athlete and a cyclist
According to authorities, his funeral will be paid by the King of Thailand
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