Three more British cave divers flying in to join the rescue mission

By THE NATION

 

 

THE BRITISH Cave Rescue Council (BCRC) said yesterday that three more cave divers have been dispatched to join the rescue mission at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province as evacuation of the footballers has begun.
 

When they arrive, the British team will consist of seven experienced cave divers |and three non-divers to help with communication within the cave and to provide |general support, the BCRC said in a statement.

 

“It is important to appreciate that the UK cave divers continue to work alongside the Thai Navy SEAL divers and a combination of cave divers and open water divers from many other nations,” the statement said. 

 

The British divers were the first to locate the missing footballers.

 

The decision to add more British diving experts to the mission was made after Narongsak Osotanakorn, the former governor of Chiang Rai who heads the rescue mission, announced evacuation would begin yesterday.

 

The governor announced a “back-up plan” to dive out the 12 boys and their football coach should the monsoon rains resume before other options could be used to rescue them from a muddy rock shelf in the Noen Nom Sao cave, which is situated 2.5 kilometres inside the larger Tham Luang cave system.

 

The governor explained that a re-evaluation of the boys’ situation had led the rescue authorities to conclude that they could not stay in the cave throughout the monsoon season.

 

In anticipation of this back-up plan, the British Cave Rescue Council received a further request from the Thai government to send additional expert cave divers, the BCRC statement said. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30349603

 

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An off topic troll post has been removed.

Hopefully the hard rains being reported doesn't hamper the rescue of the remaining group. 

I think there late with this news . I think they have been on the ground before this latest operation commenced . And brought with them over 1/2 ton of extra equipment . Certainly 3 flew out last Wednesday to be followed by 5 others a day or so  later 

more air compressors?  how many tanks?  what is the refill time per tank?

Excellent news.....

Smiling Broadly if true???.Let's get on with what we started long ago!!!?

4 hours ago, Crossy said:

An off topic troll post has been removed.

But I still can see & read it ..I agree with it?

Cave divers are what is needed. Although the Navy divers are fine people, they do not have the training or experience  that a specialized cave diver has.  Good news.

7 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

Cave divers are what is needed. Although the Navy divers are fine people, they do not have the training or experience  that a specialized cave diver has.  Good news.

These guys from the UK are really highly trained people that perform in these situations.

Cave diving is highly specialised, as many of the posters now recognise, and these guys will be invaluable to any rescue attempt.

I wish them the best of luck.