The Chinese government is sending a team of six search and rescue experts to join Thai authorities in a search for the 12 young football players and a coach trapped in Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district, according to release of the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok.
The team is scheduled to arrived at Chiang Rai airport at about 3pm on Friday (June 29). From the airport, the team will proceed to Mae Sai district to join other teams already in the area of Tham Luang cave.
The Chinese rescuers will bring with them several life-saving and rescue equipment including underwater robots. The team members had previously taken part in the rescues of people trapped in caves in Myanmar and Nepal.
A number of other countries have also joined in the rescue efforts. They include diving and irrigation experts and rescue teams from Great Britain, the US, Myanmar, Laos and Japan.