Because of the group's location and the danger of another collapse in the 100-year-old mine, the rescue could take months. "God willing," Chilean president Sebastián Piñera tells the men ...
All 33 Chilean miners trapped underground since a tunnel collapse 17 days ago are alive, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera says, after a note is sent up to the surface via a remote probe.
Esteban Rojas, 44, prays after being rescued from the San Jose gold and copper mine, near Copiapo, Chile, on Wednesday. Rojas is one of 33 miners who have been trapped a half a mile below ground ...
Copiapo, Chile (CNN)-- With 160 meters to go until the Plan B drill reaches 33 trapped miners, a breakthrough to the men may be imminent. Then what? At Camp Hope, the makeshift tent city where ...
Knowledge at Wharton Staff. By now, the story is familiar: On August 5, 2010, 33 miners were trapped 2,000 feet below ground at the San Jose mine in Chile's Atacama Desert. In their first 17 ...
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The spectacular rescue a decade ago of 33 miners trapped for two months underground in Chile´s far-flung Atacama desert made headlines around the world. One of the survivors ...
Chile mine rescue of 2010, rescue of 33 workers from the San Jose gold and copper mine on October 13, 2010, 69 days after the mine's collapse on August 5. The mine, owned by the … See more
The rescue that gripped the world happened last fall in the San Jose Mine, located about 28 miles from Copiapo in northern Chile. Estimated at 700,000 tons of …
The Chilean Carabineros Special Operations Group—an elite Chilean police unit for rescue operations—had arrived a few hours after the first collapse. Yet their initial attempt at rescue had triggered that devastating secondary shaft collapse. As news of a mine cave-in spread, family members, emergency response teams, rescue workers, …
Copiapo, Chile (CNN) -- The 33 men trapped in a mine 2,300 feet below the surface in northern Chile face a physical, social, psychological and sanitary ordeal as they await a rescue that could ...
2010 Chile mine rescue. 1 of 16. Editor's Note: Five years ago on October 13, the 33 miners who became trapped in a Chilean mine were brought to safety. CNN —. Franklin Lobos and Jorge ...
Both rescues made use of a rescue pod, or capsule, that winched trapped miners to the surface one at a time through an enlarged borehole. The rescue of the Chilean miners became an...
India's 41 workers are trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel. I'm writing about 33 miners who were trapped in a gold mine in Chile for over two months until being rescued on October 13, 2010. This article may be useful in inspiring and motivating lessons learned in rescue operations. South America's Chile is
The miners were trapped on 5 August by a collapse in the roof of the mine, located outside the northern Chilean city of Copiapó. Mine officials had said the shelter's emergency air and food ...
Estimated at 700,000 tons of rock, the cave-in on Aug. 5 had trapped the miners in a deep section of the mine beneath the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, nearly 500 miles north of Santiago.
The engineers equipped the rescue capsule with audio and video links to communicate with each miner during the 10- to 15-minute ascent, probes to check heart rate and other …
October | 13. On October 13, 2010, the last of 33 miners trapped nearly half a mile underground for more than two months at a …
All 33 miners were rescued. Hugo Infante/Reuters/Landov. Relatives stand by as rescuers work to free 33 miners trapped inside the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, on August 6, 2010. The mine ...
After the 2,300-foot hole in Chile is secure, materials and equipment will be brought in so that the rescue capsule -- dubbed the Phoenix -- can be lowered into the …
CHILE - Today's news is good news. All 33 of the Chilean miners trapped in an underground gold mine for 69 days have been safely lifted to the surface. The last man emerged from the rescue capsule late Wednesday night. They were trapped 700 metres below the surface when a fall of ground destroyed the ramp, followed two days …
Follow the rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean miners as it unfolds with nzherald's Latest Updates. 7.55pm Off he goes. Sanchez is now on his way back up. Meanwhile, the families waiting above ground ...
To drill 688m down to where the miners are trapped could take four months according to officials, as the equipment works much more slowly than the bore that drilled the 15cm-wide shaft used to ...
Hall, who owns several drilling manufacturers in Minnesota, Texas, and Chile, was the mastermind behind the rescue of 33 Chilean miners who were trapped after the collapse of a 100-year-old gold ...
Key moments: Chile miners rescue. 14 October 2010. In scenes watched around the world, the 33 men trapped in a collapsed gold and copper mine in San Jose, northern Chile, emerged, one by one, from ...
Here is a timeline of the developments in that time: Aug. 5 – The collapse of the main ramp into the San Jose mine in the northern Chilean city of Copiapo leaves 33 miners trapped 2,300 feet ...
13 October 2015. AFP. The miners became trapped in the San Jose copper-gold mine after a tunnel collapsed on 5 August 2010. By Jane Chambers. Copiapo. Five years ago, one billion people tuned in ...
All 33 Chilean miners were pulled to freedom after being trapped for 69 days. By ABC News. October 13, 2010, 5:47 PM. Oct. 14, 2010 -- Rescuers in Chile have pulled off what has never been done ...
Oct. 12, 2010. SAN JOSÉ MINE, Chile — With a look of sturdy calm, the first of the 33 miners trapped nearly half a mile underground stepped out of a narrow rescue capsule and onto the surface ...
In Chile, early estimates of the possibility of finding anyone alive—put at 10%—diminished sharply two days later when rescue …
The Chilean government and local mining industry immediately mobilized transportable drilling rigs that drilled 5¾-inch probe holes to determine if the miners were alive and where they were in the 9 kilometer tunnel …
The breakthrough in the Chilean mine rescue operation came thanks to a piece of tubing known as 'the pigeon' Jonathan Franklin Sat 9 Oct 2010 19.04 EDT Last modified on Sat 9 Oct 2010 14.52 EDT
In Chile, early estimates of the possibility of finding anyone alive—put at 10%—diminished sharply two days later when rescue workers narrowly escaped the secondary collapse of a ventilation shaft, taking away the initial best option for extracting the miners. At that point, no expert considered rescue of the 33 men a reasonable possibility.
World Oct 8, 2010 5:10 PM EDT. Site where rescued miners will be pulled. Photo by Ariel Marinkovic/AFP/Getty Images. Rescue workers burrowing toward Chilean miners trapped a half-mile...
Here are five notable facts about the final days of the miners' ordeal: 1. The men will be saved by a "mythical" device. The miners' rescue capsule arrived at the mine site this week. Dubbed "The ...
The world watches and hopes for a joyful ending; One by one, the 33 miners will be hoisted up in a rescue cage; They will have oxygen and communications equipment for the harrowing ride
Rescue workers in Chile have been prevented by a new cave-in from reaching 33 miners trapped underground. Instead, an attempt has begun to drill holes to provide the miners with food, water and ...
Chilean Mining Minister Accomplishes Rescue Mission. Laurence Golborne led the two-month effort to rescue all 33 trapped miners, and won hearts at home and abroad. While 33 Chilean miners were trapped underground for 69 days, Laurence Golborne, Stanford Executive Program '96, was busy overseeing the rescue …
14 October 2010. The miners were trapped 700m (2,300 ft) underground. The last of the 33 miners trapped deep underground in northern Chile for more than two months has been rescued. Luis Urzua ...
Copiapo, Chile (CNN) -- His return heralded by a siren's blare and the cries of a happy nation, the first of 33 Chilean miners emerged into a cool desert night early Wednesday after being trapped ...
The last of the Chilean miners, the foreman who held them together when they were feared lost, was raised from the depths of the earth Wednesday night -- a joyous ending to a 69-day ordeal that...