Thailand - FOUND ALIVE - Officials Believe 12 Boys And Coach Trapped In Cave , 23 June 2018

[Elainera]

If they each had their own flashlight I hope the coach was smart enough to have them share in order to stretch out battery life. Especially after learning they were trapped.

Yes hopefully the coach had the good sense to ration everything they had one them immediately. But, I was thinking, on the first night they might have tried to find a way out, exploring, and used the lights all the time until they realized they are trapped. We don't know though how many torches they had with them and what quality they are. We have a torch made in China that holds battery life for just a couple of hours

 

[Elainera]

ดราม่าลิซึ่ม (ﾐዕᆽዕﾐ) | ซับ WNTD ดูทวิตปักหมุด‏ @iSmuffin
Replying to @mthai

13.00 the 4th tunnel, when rappelled, is found to be one of the cave chamber and has a way to move forward. we’re solving the problem of obstacles so cant move yet #ถ้ำหลวง #thamluang #thamluangcave

https://twitter.com/iSmuffin/status/1013307026338820096

 

[Jax49]

Thai rescuers establish base deep inside cave where boys are trapped

Responders are placing extra oxygen tanks along the walls and lighting in hopes that they can provide a path to an airy chamber called Pattaya Beach where officials believe the team may have taken shelter.

 

[Elainera]

There are unconfirmed reports of sounds been heard! I hope it is them!!

ดราม่าลิซึ่ม (ﾐዕᆽዕﾐ) | ซับ WNTD ดูทวิตปักหมุด‏ @iSmuffin
Replying to @mthai

20.45 the knocking sound isnt confirmed yet. we just knew about this from the team that explored the tunnel at the end of the cave
again: we’re not sure if it’s the knock or the echo #ถ้ำหลวง #thamluang #thamluangcave

ดราม่าลิซึ่ม (ﾐዕᆽዕﾐ) | ซับ WNTD ดูทวิตปักหมุด on Twitter

 

[bluedivergirl]

The boxes have flashlights in them but it would be great if the boxes flashed and or made noise. There must be some way to do that. moo

Divers use chemical lights, the kind you snap and they give off green light. It is to identify divers, not really to see your surroundings. It would be reasonable for them to attach chem lights to rescue packages.

I hope the boys are rescued, and the coach has kept his head. The coach is only 25, that is still pretty young.

 

[Elainera]

"A FORMER Mae Sai district chief said yesterday that he did not think the missing team of 12 footballers and their assistant coach are taking shelter at the so-called “Pattaya Beach” in Tham Luang cave in the district, as the on-site authorities have suggested."

Team probably in dry chamber at tail end of cave, says former local leader | Thailand News

Is the tail end of the cave where they heard the possible knocking mentioned in tweet above?

 

[Amonet]

"A FORMER Mae Sai district chief said yesterday that he did not think the missing team of 12 footballers and their assistant coach are taking shelter at the so-called “Pattaya Beach” in Tham Luang cave in the district, as the on-site authorities have suggested."

Team probably in dry chamber at tail end of cave, says former local leader | Thailand News

Is the tail end of the cave where they heard the possible knocking mentioned in tweet above?

Before you posted this I went through some news articles to see if I could find anything about the possible 'knocking', and in one of them (maybe Bangkok Post???) there was a map that had the Pattaya Beach cave on the left of the fork that's after the entrance, but it also marked a place on the right of that fork that had another place where the boys might be. I don't know which end is the tail end, though. I thought the tail end was on the same side as Pattaya Beach cave but a few kilometers further on.

I'm sorry that's not very helpful, I was shocked when I saw the map that had an alternative spot where the boys might be that was in the opposite direction when all I'd heard was the focus on the Pattaya Beach spot :-/

 

[Elainera]

"Though the rescue mission is concentrated on the Pattaya Beach, Thai PBS news team reported that rescuers also continued to explore shafts leading into another end of Tham Luang cave known as Doi Pha Mee. They do not discount the possibility that the missing 13 might have sought shelter in a chamber at the spot."

Hopes of finding missing 13 rest on SEAL teams - Thai PBS English News

 

[Elainera]

Amonet (for some reason I'm not able to quote your post), the article I just quoted in my previous post has a map where it shows a drilling point to the right of the fork. Maybe in the meantime they were able to search on that side and did not find the boys there?

 

[Jax49]

Rescue teams search for Thai boys trapped in flooded cave – video

Includes short interview with teammate who attended practice that day.

 

[Amonet]

"Though the rescue mission is concentrated on the Pattaya Beach, Thai PBS news team reported that rescuers also continued to explore shafts leading into another end of Tham Luang cave known as Doi Pha Mee. They do not discount the possibility that the missing 13 might have sought shelter in a chamber at the spot."

Hopes of finding missing 13 rest on SEAL teams - Thai PBS English News

Yes, the Doi Pha Mee end is where I saw another article place a marker for an alternative spot that the boys might be.

 

[Jax49]

Link to Thai NavySeals Facebook page. Updates on the search are being posted here. The page is not in english but there is a translate button.

Thai NavySEAL

Bumping this link.

 

[Trinitee]

The search for boys caught a cave 8 days ago: They managed to install oxygen reservoirs - 01/07/2018

Rescue team managed to approach this Sunday up to a distance of one kilometer from the central cave where the Thai authorities believe they were trapped for 12 days by 12 teens and one adult members of a football team ] in a cave in the northern part of the country. With the help of the reduction of floods in the narrow passages giving access to the hole military dictators have placed oxygen reservoirs with a view to a hypothetical operation.

The search for the boys caught a cave eight days ago: they managed to install oxygen reservoirs – 01/07/2018

 

[KeepCalm]

This case makes me so anxious for news.

 

[creepcrusher]

Rescue enters key phase

Search and rescue teams are racing time to locate and retrieve a group of 13 people believed to have been trapped inside Tham Luang cave complex before more rain arrives in two days.

The weather is expected to be in their favour early this week with the Meteorological Department saying less rain is expected over the next two days while wet conditions will return on Wednesday.

The distance between Chamber 3 and Pattaya Beach is believed to be 3 kilometres. It has been reported that the divers have ventured 600 metres towards the target area.

 

[Cryptic]

Just for comparison, 600 meters is 6 football fields. Though it is not an easy sprint across a series of open fields, the rescuers are getting very close.

 

[creepcrusher]

Just for comparison, 600 meters is 6 football fields. Though it is not an easy sprint across a series of fields, the rescuers are getting very close.

It's confusing. Some articles say PB is 3 kilometers from where the SEAL'S set up, others say 1.5 and some others say 1. So I'm not sure if they are 400 meters away from their destination or 2400.

 

[Jax49]

Thailand: 12 boys spend eighth night in flooded Tham Luang cave; coach says rescue operations making headway - Firstpost

"I'm feeling happy like I've never felt in a long time. Many good signs," the football team's head coach Nopparat Khanthavong, 37, told AFP on Sunday.

"The rain has stopped and rescue teams have found potential ways to reroute the waterway, diverting its flow so no more water enters the cave," he said. "The families are feeling much better too."

 

[Jax49]

Apologies if already posted. Left me in tears (again).

Stay strong, we are coming: Thais rally behind cave rescue

MAE SAI, Thailand: It’s a simple melody sung to the plucking of acoustic guitars by schoolchildren sitting around candles: “I beg the skies to show mercy and empathy/ My brothers are in Tham Luang Khun Nang Non/ Let them pass this danger, I beg.”

The song is dedicated to events unfolding in a flooded mountain cave in northern Thailand, where 12 boys aged 11-16 and their football coach disappeared a week ago. It was written and performed by students at Lek Nai Tung Kwang school across the kingdom in Buriram province.

 

[mom2four717]

Hang on little dudes! We are pulling for you and your beloved coach!