Rescuers race against time to find seven villagers trapped for a week in a flooded Laos cave.
Rescuers were "racing against time" on Wednesday to extract seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos, a specialist diver involved in the operation said.
"If all the possible safety matters can be met today, we are considering a final search dive into the last chamber to locate the lost 7," Finnish diver Mikko Paasi said in a social media post.
"We are racing against time as today marks the 7th day and the way in is full of challenges," added Paasi, one of the rescuers who aided the dramatic 2018 retrieval of a youth football team from a flooded cave in Thailand.
Seven Laotian villagers entered the cave in central Xaysomboun province, about 125 kilometres northeast of the capital Vientiane, on May 20, Laotian state media said this week.
