But phase two of the rescue is already underway, and may in fact be over by the time the sub arrives.
Evelyn Janeidy Arevalo@JaneidyEve..is the mini sub still on it’s way to Thailand?
Elon Musk✔@elonmusk
Mini-sub arriving in about 17 hours. Hopefully useful. If not, perhaps it will be in a future situation.
Over the weekend, the Thai government successfully rescued four boys who had been trapped in the cave since June 23. With the assistance of divers, they swam out with oxygen tanks, along a 2-mile long rope guiding them out.
The team had to pause rescue efforts as weather conditions worsened and made the narrow cave system more difficult to navigate. But the rains stopped on Monday, and the mission resumed at 11 a.m. local time. So far, divers have rescued four additional boys, which leaves four more and their soccer coach to go.
Officials told Reuters that Monday’s rescue operation would take between 10 and 20 hours. Musk expects his submarine to arrive in the middle of that window — about 12 hours into the second phase of the operation. He said that it would hopefully be useful, but, “if not, perhaps it will be in a future situation.”