Thailand cave rescue

jakeblu said:
Pretty amazing they're still alive I felt certain the news would be bad
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Me too. Hope they can get them out alive but it does look a lot better than a few days ago.

Dave
 
Eight boys out so far. Remaining 4 should be out today, but the coach will likely have to stay down there for another night. What I don't understand is why are they only carrying out the rescues in the day? It is dark in the cave regardless of night or day, so why can't they continue the rescue through the night?
 
nilagin said:
Eight boys out so far. Remaining 4 should be out today, but the coach will likely have to stay down there for another night. What I don't understand is why are they only carrying out the rescues in the day? It is dark in the cave regardless of night or day, so why can't they continue the rescue through the night?
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I surmise it is the way the timecycle has "worked out" ~ i.e. logistics of replenishment of waypoint supplies, only so many cave capable divers onsite, required downtime of the divers (stated on news minimum 10 hours but up to 20 hours per diver), two properly cave diving experienced divers per rescuee per outward journey.

When the two British divers discovered them I think I recall it was said they were 8 hours into their (limited) search and air usage.
There has never been such a logistically complex rescue is a cave before.
 
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Diving equipment is extremely heavy ,even more so out of the water this rescue involves wet sections and dry sections ,plus gear on gear off . It’s amazing that it’s progressed at the speed it has ,the guys involved quiet a few brits I believe all deserve at the very least a medal each if not a knighthood . The true knights of darkness
 
It is staggering to say the least, not just that they are alive, not just that they were found, but the fact that they have rescued 8 already. It’s amazing what we can do when we all pull together. I am in awe of these people. Medals all round.
 
As a long time diver myself and having done some light cave diving the work involved in this rescue is staggering.
well done those people for making it happen
 
Just goes to show you that even with BREXIT, Novichok, ISIS, drought, industrial action, Trump etc there is overwhelming good and humanity that rises above everything.
 
So when is the coach who led the children into the cave being brought before a court for gross negligence and manslaughter of the diver who died during the rescue?

Or is all the Hoopla and celebrations about the rescue going to bedazzle the fact that the coach was utterly irresponsible in taking children through a 15 inch gap into a cave during flood season. :cool:
 
shapeshifter said:
So when is the coach who led the children into the cave being brought before a court for gross negligence and manslaughter of the diver who died during the rescue?

Or is all the Hoopla and celebrations about the rescue going to bedazzle the fact that the coach was utterly irresponsible in taking children through a 15 inch gap into a cave during flood season. :cool:
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It is neither or as I recall stated that the chamber they were discovered in was their intended destination....so your surmise & judgement i feel is spremature.

It came across to me that they entered, got lost, rains came and flooded section(s), pushing them into the cave. But whether they entered via that 15inch pinch point or via another route is quite speculative!

Yes, it seems they entered ill prepared.......but how often have we heard of folk even in UK getting lost in the wilder areas who were not equipped for the outing and thus needed rescuing!

As for the sadly deceased diver ~ it was made clear early on that open water divers are neither trained for or possibly equipped for cave diving. When I heard that that retired Thai Navy Seal had died because his air ran out that suggested (subject to enquiry reports to the contrary) to me he bravely risked his life in the search but his gamble for whatever reason failed.

So whether under Thai law the coach is culpable remains to come out.
 
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