Rescue in Thailand

russporter

russporter

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Massive amount of respect to those guys and everyone else who has been involved in finding those kids. Humankind at its best. :)
 
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Ian Ball

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At the end of the video it is amusing, "Where are you from?"  "England, the UK"  "oh!"

It is rather odd the relief that I feel about it all!  Well done to those involved.
 
SamT

SamT

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Woohoo..!

Must have been such a relief to surface and see them there!

Incredible effort.

Quite tough to leave them again too.
 
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crickleymal

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Just heard on the radio that they're considering shipping in 4 months of food because it's the start of the monsoon season. Also they're considering either giving the boys scuba training to get them out or some sort of packaging system to bring them out.
 
andrewmcleod

andrewmcleod

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crickleymal said:
Just heard on the radio that they're considering shipping in 4 months of food because it's the start of the monsoon season. Also they're considering either giving the boys scuba training to get them out or some sort of packaging system to bring them out.
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(stolen from here... http://www.swcc.org.uk/news/article.php?id=108 )
 
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questions

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mrodoc said:
He happened to be on a caving holiday out there. From the posts we have seen it'll make a change from being attacked by leeches but come to think of jounalists though perhaps not ;)
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he happened to be on a  caving holiday!!!!  the article says he just flew in from UK




















Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) welcomed the rescue team from United Kingdom to help finding of 12 youth football players and their coach, totaled 13 people who are trapped inside Kun Nam Nang Non cave in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province.

The three cave diving experts, Mr. Robert Charles Harper (3rd from left), Mr. Richard William Stanton (4th from left) and Mr. John Volanthen (5th from left) from British Cave Rescue Council arrived at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport on today (27 June 2018) at 15.00 hours with THAI flight TG917, then connecting to Mae Fah Luang Chiang Rai International Airport with Bangkok Airways flight, arriving at 18.20 hours on the same day. The British rescue team was welcomed by Mr. Teerasak Kusalanondh (6th from left), THAI Ground Services Specialist, Load Control Services Department. THAI supported air tickets for the rescue team and transported rescue equipment from London to Thailand.
 
The Old Ruminator

The Old Ruminator

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You can hardly blame media for minor mistakes I suppose. I have read about " oxygen bottles " a few times this week. I think a selfie photo of the boys in the Mail today was actually taken before they entered the cave not after they were found as stated. I think there is a bit of a frenzy in the UK to catch up on this story as it was rather neglected in the earlier stages. I rather doubt the three British cavers mentioned would welcome this personal publicity. Knowing one of them fairly well I cannot imagine he would. Strangely he was involved in rescuing me once though in rather different circumstances.
 
The Old Ruminator

The Old Ruminator

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Off topic but another that annoys me ( being a certified marine radio operator -- well certainly certified ).

" Over and Out " . Its said by Clooney in Perfect Storm and Brad Pitt in Fury. Its a contradiction that would never be used in a one way radio conversation. Like " Oxygen Bottles " it will long endure.
 
The Old Ruminator

The Old Ruminator

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Quite an extensive and obviously well informed interview just given on BBC local TV news ( South West ) by another Vurley team member and CDG chairman Martin Grass. Mainly discussing the option of diving the children out. Maybe asking them to be relatively passive with a full face mask. Perhaps then they can be towed out slowly. Training them to be proficient on Scuba does not seem an option in the short term.
 
Pegasus

Pegasus

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Check out Newsnight tonight.

Quote from Geoff Crossley 'Going to be on Newsnight tonight with Les Hewitt talking about the Sleets Gill cave rescue as part of the Thailand cave rescue coverage.....😬😰
Mind you, Les will probably do all the talking. 😂'
 
JasonC

JasonC

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In earlier articles, there was some discussion about digging into the caves from blocked shafts further up the mountain.
Has this idea been dropped as the boys are now known to be in the wrong place for that to work?
Otherwise, it seemed like a good option - after all the Thai military probably have no lack of explosives...
 
Tseralo

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JasonC said:
In earlier articles, there was some discussion about digging into the caves from blocked shafts further up the mountain.
Has this idea been dropped as the boys are now known to be in the wrong place for that to work?
Otherwise, it seemed like a good option - after all the Thai military probably have no lack of explosives...
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I believe I read something saying the ledge they have found them on is too small to dig to I assume rockfall would be a big danger.
 
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