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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 who had been trapped since August would miss many events, including the Chilean Bicentennial celebrations and important soccer games, in addition to their personal anniversaries. The miners were fully informed, however, on 25 August, of the projected timeline for their rescue and the complexity of the plans to get them out.
The mine company does not attempt to rescue the miners, and their families gather outside the gates of the mine. The Chilean government intervenes and orders the use of drilling to reach the trapped miners. The first few boreholes miss their target, but eventually, a successful one reaches the rescue chamber. The miners attach a note to the ...
The story of their rescue is so captivating that it was even made into a film called "The 33" starring Antonio Banderas. The nightmare began when the mine collapsed on August 5, 2010.
The miners were found alive 17 days later, on August 22. [3] Nonetheless, it was not until 69 days after the collapse on October 13, 2010, that the first miner, Florencio Ávalos, was rescued. [4] San Esteban Mining Company is considering bankruptcy after the miners are rescued. [5] San José is the only mine owned by San Esteban. [5]
As of early Wednesday afternoon, more than half of the workers had been pulled to the surface through a 2,000-foot-long rescue shaft. Show comments Advertisement
Diagram of the rescue capsule "Fenix" class and the miner equipment used in the Copiapó accident of 2010 rescue. The Fénix capsules were designed by the Chilean Navy, in collaboration with the United States space agency NASA. They have a diameter of 54 centimetres (21 in), and have eight wheels located on the top and the bottom, with a ...
The rescue of the miners led to Russian bloggers asking why their country did not have a similar success story after a string of tragedies. [8] The last Russian mining catastrophe in May 2010 took the lives of 90 miners and rescue workers at the Raspadskaya mine near Mezhdurechensk, in southern Siberia, with safety breaches blamed for the disaster.