Musc team expected in Thailand to help save trapped boys

Thailand announced that two members of the engineering team sent by billionaire Elon Musk were scheduled to arrive Saturday night to help save 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave.

Another engineer was already in the country As for the holidays and six more are expected to land on Sunday, Weerachon Sukhontapatipak, a spokesman for the Thai military government, said at a briefing Saturday in Bangkok. They can provide help like trying to drill a tunnel to save the group, he said.

The boys and their trainer were trapped in the northern cave system for about two weeks. in front of. Rescuers are scrambling to lower the water levels with pumps and prepare the group for a perilous extraction of several hours that would include diving into black water with scuba equipment.

Musk, who studied physics, posted ideas on Twitter. use a double layer Kevlar pressure cap or a long inflatable air sock to penetrate the narrow passages and provide a rescue conduit. The tubes and pods are under construction in the United States, a spokesman said. Some equipment travels with the team and some will be shipped by express mail.

Dive Hazard

"No scuba beaks or scuba regulators are needed", writes Musk about his suggested capsules. "Useless training and less likely to panic attack." Musk said that they were tested Friday afternoon in a pool with a subject that had never done scuba diving.

Any sock or air tube should be strong enough to withstand high water pressure. Douglas Hart, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

announced Friday that a Thai Navy vessel participating in the rescue operation was dead, highlighting the dangers of navigating in the flooded caves . for those who have experience. Underwater diving is widely regarded as treacherous and it is thought that the stranded group has little ability to swim, let alone diving skills.

A spokesman for Musk has already said that billionaire companies could help precise location by means of technology Space Exploration Technologies Corp. or Boring Co., pumping water or supplying rugged battery packs known as Tesla Inc. Powerwalls.