Thai cave rescue, information, live feed links and resouces ( Archived) (132)

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The youngsters, aged between 11 and 16, faced a dangerous and frightening journey out of the flooded Tham Luang cave system on Sunday.

Their toughest challenge came near the beginning of the treacherous three-kilometre route, during a terrifying 200m dive.

The boys had to squeeze through a narrow, 38-centimetre hole in the rock known as a “choke point”.

Each boy was accompanied by two divers — one in front and one behind. But at this choke point, where an upward slope was followed by a sharp bend downwards, they would have to go it alone, climbing out of the water and over the peak before descending back into its murky depths.

It was hazardous even for the experienced divers with them, who needed to remove their bulky scuba tanks to fit through.

One reporter on the scene described the gap as “barely bigger than a standard school ruler or the size of your head”.

Each boy had to wear a full scuba mask, wetsuit, boots and a helmet as they made their way through the dark and perilous passageways.

They were strapped to the leading diver by a tether and dragged along by their “buddy”, who carried two tanks and shared oxygen with the boy as they followed a submerged rope.

A second diver followed the pair through the cold water and airless chambers that have already claimed one life.

The first two boys successfully completed their mission at 5.40pm and 5.50pm local time (8.40pm and 8.50pm AEST), with another two following two hours later, ten minutes apart.

There were hopes another two boys might make it out, but the rescue had to be placed on hold for 10-20 hours while oxygen supplies were replenished.

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16 min ago
What we know so far

Four of the boys have were rescued from the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai province on Sunday night

All four boys safely reached a hospital in Chiang Rai, the nearest major city

The operation was scheduled to resume between 7am and 5pm local time today, the coordinator of the rescue efforts said divers needed between 10 and 20 hours to rest and set up for another day’s work

Divers have not yet gone into the cave to resume rescue operations but would go in “soon”, sources told the Guardian

The remaining eight boys and their coach remain underground at the original location near to Pattaya beach

When they reached the surface, the divers turned and hugged the boys, who wore full-face scuba masks, after completing the 3.2km journey through the muddy, jagged cave

The operation proceeded much faster than expected due to the walkable water level in the cave after it was launched at 10am local time on Sunday

13 foreign divers and five Thai navy Seals made up the rescue team and were among a team of 90 divers involved in the rescue effort overall

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that is the small gap the divers and boys have to squeeze through

to fit through the hole the dive tank's are pushed through ahead of the diver

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39m ago 14:03
Update from Thai government

The same divers who rescued the first four boys will also conduct the next operation as they know the cave conditions and what to do, said Thailand’s interior minister.

In comments released by the government, interior minister Anupong Paojinda said officials were meeting on Monday morning about the next stage of the operation and how to extract the remaining nine people from the cave in the country’s north.

Anupong said divers need to place more air canisters along the underwater route to where the boys and their coach are trapped. He said that process can take several hours.

He said the boys who were rescued on Sunday are strong and safe but need to undergo detailed medical checks.