THE THAM LUANG CAVE DRAMA IN THAILAND: THE DEATH OF A VOLUNTEER DIVER.
THAI DIVER’S DEATH SPARKS ADMISSION
[06jul2018]
https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/thai-cave-rescue-new-extraction-plan-revealed/news-story/191f2d7adeb809f65d50f323ca7d2077#.5ywof
Access RAS 2018-07-09
A former Thai Navy Seal diver’s death [SAMARN KUNAN, 38] from a
lack of oxygen has raised serious concerns about how much air the boys and
their soccer coach have access to inside the cave.
Chiang rai governor NARONGSAK
OSOTTHANAKOR, said oxygen levels have been reduced by the rescue workers
going into the cave system.
The Guardian reports that officials are now working to get a five
kilometre-long cable into the cave to supply them with more air.
The move comes after Thai SEAL commander APAKORN YOOKONGKAEW told a news conference on Friday that the rescuer
was working in a volunteer capacity.
The diver, identified as SAMARN
KUNAN, was coming back from a spot inside the Tham Luang cave where the
group were located when his supplies ran short.
“On his way back he lost consciousness,” said APAKORN, adding that a friend had tried to help bring him out.
“But even
though we have lost one man, we still have faith to carry out our work.”
“At
first, we thought the children could stay for a long time... but now things
have changed, we have a limited time,” he said.
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SAMARN KUNAN, ex Thai navy seal, who died during the attempt to rescue
soccer team trapped in a flooded cave. Picture: TwitterSource:Supplied
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Former Thai Navy SEAL SAMARN KUNAN, has died while
trying to help rescue the young football team trapped in a cave in Thailand.
Picture: SuppliedSource:News Corp Australia
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Asked how the boys could make it out safely if an experienced diver
could not, Apakorn said they would take more precautions with children.
The diver’s body has been sent to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport.
Thai authorities are racing to pump out water from a flooded cave where
12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23.
Foreign Minister JULIE BISHOP
said the Australian government has sent condolences to the diver’s family and
the Thai government.
“We are
at a very critical stage. Some very serious decisions will have to be made over
the next few days. Hopefully not weeks to see how these boys and the football
coach can be rescued safely. Australia already has 14 personnel on the ground,
from the Federal Police, defence force, and the Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade,” she said.
Former Thai navy Seal diver SAMAN KUNAN dies
[today] inside cave from lack of air [06jul2018]
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The former Seal, SAMAN KUNAN, died around 1am on Friday morning [06jul2018]
after he was returning from placing air tanks along the roughly 3.2km route to
the boys, the current method for replenishing the air supply in the cave.
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Maintaining
air supplies has emerged as a top priority as rescuers face the prospect of the
boys sitting out the monsoon inside the cave
Source:
The Guardian; Michael Safi and Jacob Goldberg in Mae Sai; Fri
6 Jul 2018 07.25 BST; Fri 6 Jul 2018 05.27 BST
SAMAN KUNAN, the former Thai
navy seal who died [Friday; 01:00 A.M.; 06jul2018] after returning from placing
air tanks along the route to the boys.
A former Thai navy Seal has died
from lack of air while placing air tanks inside the cave where 12 boys have
been stranded for nearly two weeks.
Maintaining air supplies inside
the cave emerged as the “top priority” on Friday as rescuers increasingly
planned for the prospect of the boys remaining underground throughout the
monsoon season that ends in October.
The presence of hundreds of rescue workers inside the cave has been
depleting the air supply the boys have been relying on, with oxygen inside
their chamber down to about 15%, deputy army commander CHALONGCHAI CHAIYAKHAM said at a
briefing on Friday.
Normal oxygen levels in the air are about 21%. CHAIYAKHAM said he was unsure how long the boys could survive in
such conditions. “I’m not a
medical person. I can’t answer that,” he said. Divers have released 30 tanks of air to try to restore
healthy levels.
Updates from authorities
throughout the week have emphasised the dangers of shepherding the boys through
the cave to the exit, but the oxygen issues that emerged on Friday are an
acknowledgement that keeping the boys in place during the monsoon is also
risky.
“At first
we thought that we could sustain the kids’ lives for a long time where they are
now, but now many things have changed,” said Rear Adm ARPAKORN YOOKONGKAEW, the Thai navy
Seal commander. “We have a
limited amount of time.”
The former Seal, identified as SAMAN
KUNAN, died around 1am on Friday [06jul2018] morning after he was returning
from placing air tanks along the roughly 3.2km
route to the boys, the current method for replenishing the air supply in the
cave.
'We'll
bring the kids home': footage emerges of Thai rescue diver who died – video
KUNAN became unconscious
while making the return journey to “chamber 3”, around 1.5km inside the cave. A diving buddy tried to revive him but was
unsuccessful. His body has been sent to Bangkok airport and he will receive a
royal-sponsored funeral.
“These accidents can happen
sometimes to anyone in the field, but we will go ahead and keep working,” said Yookongkaew. “Our morale is still strong.”
He was asked how the 12 boys, at
least two of who are said to be in a weakened state, could survive a journey
through a cave that killed an adult former Seal.
“It’s different,” he said. “The
Seals are the workers, they work to rescue, it’s a different standard to the
kids. The boys are like the egg in the stone,” he said, a Thai expression suggesting the
children were considered extremely fragile and would be treated with care.
With rain falling on the site in northern Thailand and monsoon
showers predicted for Saturday, rescuers were planning for how the boys might
survive another four months inside the cave they
have been stuck in since 23 June 2018.
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