HUNT FOR CAVE KIDS

British divers have been flown in to Thailand to help find boys trapped in a flooded cave

The trio of cave rescue experts will search an underground cave system where 12 boys between 11 and 16 are believe to be trapped by rising water

Sun Reporter

Published: 1:39, 29 Jun 2018

BRITISH divers are helping hunt for a kids’ football team trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand.

John Volanthen, Robert Harper and Richard Stanton were flown in after 12 boys and a coach disappeared during training.

Rescuers prepare to enter the cave system in Chiang Rai, Thailand, where the boys are believed to be trapped — Rescuers prepare to enter the cave system in Chiang Rai, Thailand, where the boys are believed to be trappedCredit: AP:Associated Press

Constant rain and rising water are hampering the search in Chiang Rai.

The Brit trio, from Derbyshire Cave Rescue, are global experts in exploring underground systems.

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Bill Whitehouse, of the British Cave Rescue Council, said he'd been told by the team that the water was rising quickly.

He said: ''The guys out there are very, very experienced. They know their stuff and in these circumstances you couldn't wish for a better team."

Experts from the Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation demonstrate their search and rescue techniques — Experts from the Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation demonstrate their search and rescue techniquesCredit: Alamy

Officials believe the lads, aged 11 to 16, are alive.

Deputy local police chief Wirachia Songetta said:''We won't give up. That's the key here."

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Search and rescue mission underway in Thailand as teenage football team feared trapped in cave