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The 2010 Copiapó mining accident, also known as the "Chilean mining accident", began on 5 August 2010, with a cave-in at the San José copper–gold mine, located in the Atacama Desert, 45 kilometers (28 mi) north of the regional capital of Copiapó, in northern Chile. 33 men were trapped 700 meters (2,300 ft) underground and 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine's entrance and were rescued after ...
The miners were trapped approximately 5 kilometers (3 mi) from the mine entrance. The mine had a history of instability that had led to previous accidents, including one death. [5] [6] [7] The retrieval of the first miner, Florencio Ávalos, began on Tuesday, 12 October at 23:55 CLDT, with the rescue capsule reaching the surface 16 minutes later.
Take a look back at the trapped Chilean miners' rescue from 2010 in the video below: Looking Back at the Trapped Chile Miners' Rescue in 2010 More from AOL.com:
Book and movie deals developed in response to the accident and successful rescue. The first of several books was titled "Under the Earth: The 33 Miners that Moved the World". Another book about the saga is "33 Men, Buried Alive: The Inside Story of the Trapped Chilean Miners" by The Guardian contributor Jonathan Franklin. [44]
Family, rest, hot food -- and a really cool pair of shades. That's what a miner needs after being trapped underground for more than two months. Eyewear and sporting equipment maker Oakley is ...
Today, they even got a soccer fix as they watched their team play the Ukraine via a projector lowered down to their safety chamber on a fiber optic cable (Chile lost 2 - 1).
The Fénix 1 had a larger diameter than the other two capsules and was used in tests in the shaft created by the Schramm Inc. T-130 drill, where it descended to a depth of 610 metres (2,000 ft). [2] Fénix 2 was operated with an Austrian pulley system and was used throughout the rescue of the miners. Fénix 3 was held in reserve and not used.
Major indexes were mixed in Asia Tuesday. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 Index rose 0.5% to 10,222, and in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index lost 0.7% to close at 20,906. China's Shanghai Composite Index ...