Not-SpaceX Shows Up as Cave Rescue Becomes Circus
CHIANG RAI — When someone showed up with a plan to free the cave 13 through an inflatable tunnel Saturday, it wasn't one of the SpaceX brainiacs.
French Team Ready to Join Cave Rescue – If Thailand Asks
BANGKOK — As Thai and international rescue workers are racing against time to extract 12 young footballers and their coach out of a northern cave, one more help could be at hand – but bureaucracy is getting in the way.
Boys Should Come Out Today: Official
CHIANG RAI — The boys should be brought out of the cave today, the head of the rescue operation said Saturday.
Search Resumes for 23 Missing Tourists in Boat Tragedy
PHUKET — Divers who entered the wreck of a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern resort island of Phuket described heart-breaking scenes of bodies of children found in the arms of their mothers, as a search resumed Saturday for some 23 mostly Chinese tourists missing.
Rescue Hope! Oxygen Reaching Cave 13
CHIANG RAI — Oxygen tanks are being opened in the chamber where 13 people are trapped by flooding to prevent them from suffocating, the former governor who has led the operation said early Saturday morning.
Too Little Science in Thai Cave Coverage: Scholar
BANGKOK — Thai press paid more attention to drama than to scientific reporting in its coverage of the search-and-rescue effort of 13 people missing inside Luang Nang Non cave, an expert said Friday.
Alternate Cave Entries Sought as Suffocation Risk Grows
CHIANG RAI — The president of the national engineering association on Friday said a drilling effort at the far end of the cave may help reach those trapped inside faster.
Dimming Hope Means Nothing to Army of Volunteers
CHIANG RAI — Ivan Karadzic has been in the deep dark ferrying oxygen tanks to forward positions that rescue divers depend on.
40 Bodies Found After Phuket Boat Capsized, Officials Say
PHUKET — Forty people were confirmed dead in a tourist boat accident off the coast of Phuket island, officials told reporter Friday.
3 Killed in Mae Hong Son Patrol Plane Crash
MAE HONG SON — Three officers died and one survived after a patrol plane crashed Thursday near the Myanmar border.
