About two months ago 33 miners got trapped into a mine. Engineers tried to liberate the 33 miners but that wasn't that easy.
The 9th October a drill broke through to the cavern holding the miners trapped for 64 days. It created a shaft just wide enough for them to come up 2000 feet in the Phoenix escape capsule. The capsule is created by a team of engineers and is built at a Chilean military shipyward. When there was a first indication that the capsule had reached the miners, joy spread across the South American Nation. Reporters all over the world reported family members who ran downhill from the tents of “Camp hope” carrying Chilean flags. The mine is at Copiapó in the Atacama Desert, about 500 miles north of Santiago and 40 miles east pf the Pacific coast. It could take for months or more to reach the miners. Lucky, it all went very fast and they found a solution to release the miners. Thanks to a 500-pound escape capsule, painted the red, white and blue that are Chile’s national colors every miner could be liberated. It is 24-inches wide and is equipped with oxygen and communication equipment and has wheels installed on the outside. The president of Chile called it a blessing. He said that they did everything that technology permits. The planning had included the possibility that the miners would have to set off a dynamite charge to get the shaft open to them and there remains the possibility that as they exit the shaft could become blocked. The Phoenix story inspired two movies.
I really admire the Chilean people. They always had hope to liberate the miners. They never gave up and every day they tried to find a solution. Thanks to a couple of brilliant engineers they made a capsule. That was a ingenious idea because the capsule brought each miner safe above the ground.
Camille Vandewalle
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The news of the miners caused a lot of perception in the world. Everybody felt empathy for the miners, their family and their friends. I think it’s impressive what the engineers invented, without them a lot of people would have died in the mine.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThanks to this capsule it was possible to release the miners. It was a very emotional moment when the miners were rescued one by one. At ‘Camp hop’ everybody could follow the rescue on a big screen. Everybody was excited to see their friends and family back. I’m glad that a disaster could be avoided.
Tine