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1 hour ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Update : ‘It’s D-Day’: Cave rescue mission has begun

 

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Divers have entered Tham Luang Cave to begin the hours-long operation of extracting at least some of the 12 young footballers and their coach trapped inside for more than two weeks, the mission chief said on Sunday.

 

Narongsak Osottanakorn said the assignments were issued at 10am and the rescue was to begin as soon as possible, with the first of the youths expected to emerge around 9pm.

 

“Today is D-Day,” he said. “The boys are ready to face any challenges.” 

 

Much of the route to the location where the boys and their coach were found last Monday has dried significantly, Narongsak said, though more rain is forecast.

 

When the search began, most of the accessways inside the cave were underwater.

 

It was unclear how many of the group will be extracted on Sunday. Earlier reports indicated that only those who were “100 per cent strong” would be brought out and reports today put the number at just four boys.

 

Narongsak said the boys and their coach would dive out one at a time, each accompanied by two members of a team of Thai and foreign divers.

 

News media and everyone else not directly involved in the operation were ordered to leave the area near the cave entrance to clear access for the evacuation operation.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30349580

 

 
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So 18 divers can take out 9. What happens to the other 4

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2 minutes ago, dougiemac57 said:

So 18 divers can take out 9. What happens to the other 4

A group of four of the boys was reportedly being led out of the cave, after all of the trapped group underwent training for using scuba equipment, Australia's News.com reported.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/07/08/cave-rescue-effort-underway-in-thailand-may-take-days-officials-say.html

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They can't bring all of them out at the same time. So this must be a 2-3 day operation.  Will they bring out the weakest boys first it will also be more demanding. 

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3 minutes ago, balo said:

They can't bring all of them out at the same time. So this must be a 2-3 day operation.  Will they bring out the weakest boys first it will also be more demanding. 

Why can't they bring them all out at the same time? 2 divers with 1 kid, and a couple meters behind 2 divers with another kid, and a couple meters behind....so they will all be out of there within 30-40 minutes of each other.

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Footballers, families fully apprised, ready to try for breakthrough

 

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The 12 boys and their coach trapped in Tham Luang Cave for 16 days have been fully briefed on the rescue plan and are in good spirits and health, mission chief Narongsak Osottanakorn said on Sunday.
 

“They are ready and decided by themselves to participate in the operation to extract them from the cave,” Narongsak said. They are physically and mentally strong, he said.

 

Their families, who have been camped outside the cave since the group went missing on June 23, were informed of the plan and agreed it should go ahead.

 

They were invited at 7am to talk to members of the rescue mission.

 

Narongsak told the press on Sunday morning that 13 foreign diving experts and five professional Thai divers entered the cave at 10am and would begin the extraction process as soon as possible. 

The first of the boys was expected to be brought out after about 11 hours, around 9pm.

 

The 12 members of the Mu Pa Academy football club, ages 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach went missing in the Thailand’s fourth-longest cave on June 23 after flash flooding blocked their exit route.

 

A multinational rescue operation led to their being found safe on a dry ledge, but their extraction through narrow, still-flooded accessways has posed a dangerous challenge, especially amid concern for their health after being trapped without light or nourishment for so long.

 

Narongsak said Australian doctors had examined the footballers and determined they were strong enough for the extraction to begin.

 

They’d participated in rescue drills in the past few days, he said.

 

The decision to launch the mission on Sunday came after three chambers inside the cave drained enough to walk through and because a fresh rainstorm is in the forecast. Rescue workers are working outside the cave are trying to block water from entering the cave.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30349581

 

 
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9 minutes ago, dougiemac57 said:

So 18 divers can take out 9. What happens to the other 4

It's 18 FOREIGN divers...but all the Thai seals are there also...

 

Each child gets a foreign diver and a Thai diver...

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14 minutes ago, Kohsamida said:

I don't think prayers and expressing other positive feelings are "nonsense" but try CNN International; they are transmitting intermittent live feeds from Mae Sai, and seem to be providing responsible coverage for English followers.

thanks. i was talking about a thaivisa thread but that question now answered thanks UbonJoe

 

about nonsense..i just dont see any sense in wading through  1000x  "good luck boys"

im sure they are not watching thaivisa.

 

likewise, prayers, god bless, god speed

 

all this is about as heartwarming and useful as 

"our hearts and prayers are with them at this difficult time"  from someone like Trump

 

still good to read the positive talk here  and scroll between this and the news thread.

 

 lets HOPE for a speedy safe result!

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Why can't they bring them all out at the same time? 2 divers with 1 kid, and a couple meters behind 2 divers with another kid, and a couple meters behind....so they will all be out of there within 30-40 minutes of each other.
Leaving no possibility to deal with individual problems?

And possibly having to back the complete "train" back to the "platform"


Brilliant.
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4 minutes ago, TSF said:

Why can't they bring them all out at the same time? 2 divers with 1 kid, and a couple meters behind 2 divers with another kid, and a couple meters behind....so they will all be out of there within 30-40 minutes of each other.

What if something goes wrong and they need divers in certain areas? 

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Chaing Rai Radar Loop

Since the impending thunderstorms are going to play a big role in this recuse effort, those with a bent for weather might want to follow the real-time weather radar and satellite loops from the Thai official meteorological site:  http://weather.tmd.go.th/criLoop.php

 

Attached snapshots are from 12:57 pm (Thai Time)

 

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2 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

Not that it matters but on the news i have seen it has quite clearly stated a team of 18. 5 Thai Seals and 13 foregin. Its irrelevant anyway. They hqve obviously decided on tbe best course of action based on the situqtiom on the ground. Who are anyone here to question it.

Did it state that is the amount of people who went into the cave this morning ?
There were already divers in with the kids and have been ever since they were found. 

 

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