The rescue operation to free the last of the 12 boys and their football coach from a Thailand cave could have been a disaster,
divers have revealed, with water pumps draining the area failing just hours after the last boy had been evacuated.

Divers and rescue workers were still more than 1.5km inside the cave clearing up equipment when the main pump failed,
leading water levels to rapidly increase, three Australian divers involved in the operation told the Guardian on Wednesday,
in the first detailed account of the mission to be published.

The trio, stationed at “chamber three”, a base inside the cave,
said they heard screaming and saw a rush of head torches from deeper inside the tunnel as workers scrambled to reach dry ground.

“The screams started coming because the main pumps failed and the water started rising,”
said one of the divers, speaking anonymously because he is not authorised to comment.

“All these headlights start coming over the hill and the water was coming ... It was noticeably rising.”

The remaining 100 workers inside the cave frantically rushed to the exit and were out less than an hour later,
including the last three Thai navy Seals and medic who had spent much of the past week keeping vigil with the trapped boys.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/11/thailand-cave-rescue-water-pumps-failed-just-after-last-boy-escaped

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마지막 사람 구출하고 겨우 몇 시간 뒤에 배수펌프 고장
동굴 내부에 물이 급속도로 차오름
100여명의 사람들이 고함과 비명을 지르며 탈출 시작
다행히 구조가 끝나서 내부 1.5km 지점에 있다보니 1시간 정도만에 전원 탈출