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Elon Musk is sending a team of engineers to Thailand to explore ways to help rescue a boys’ soccer team stuck in a cave.
The billionaire’s companies could assist by trying to pinpoint the boys’ precise location using Space Exploration Technologies Corp or Boring Co technology, pumping water or providing heavy-duty battery packs known as Tesla Powerwalls, a spokesman for Musk said earlier.
Ex-Seal dies in Thai cave during rescue dive for trapped boys
The Thai government confirmed in a statement posted to Facebook that Musk’s team will arrive on Saturday.


The 12 boys and their coach, who had been missing since last month, were found by two British cave divers late on Monday.
Efforts to rescue them are hampered by narrow passageways and rising waters in the cave system. Most of the boys cannot swim. A former Thai navy Seal died on Friday when he ran out of oxygen after delivering supplies to the stranded boys.
Thai cave boys: what are the rescue options?
Last year, after a devastating hurricane hit Puerto Rico, the government there asked Musk for help. Tesla sent Powerwalls and provided advice on rebuilding the Caribbean island’s infrastructure.
Over the past couple days, Musk posited possible ways his companies could help in Thailand.


“I suspect that the Thai govt has this under control, but am happy to help if there is a way to do so,” he wrote on Twitter.
Musk’s tunnelling start-up Boring Co could potentially make available its massive drills or excavation expertise, but such an approach could be too dangerous for this mission.


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Tesla’s Elon Musk sends team to help save Thai boys trapped in underground cave

Elon Musk in May. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

Tesla’s Elon Musk offers to help rescue Thai soccer team trapped in underground caves

Musk’s companies said they could help by trying to determine the boys’ precise location, pumping water or providing heavy-duty battery packs

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk arrives to speak at Boring Company community meeting in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, U.S. May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

Thai rescue teams use headlamps to enter a pitch-black cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing in northern Thailand. The group was discovered late Monday. Photo: Tham Luang Rescue Operation Centre via AP

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The billionaire’s companies could help by trying to pinpoint the boys’ location, pumping water or providing battery packs


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Tesla’s Elon Musk sends team to help save Thai boys trapped in underground cave

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The billionaire’s companies could help by trying to pinpoint the boys’ location, pumping water or providing battery packs