Chilean mine rescue team successfully test capsule

THE Chilean mine rescue team have successfully tested a rescue capsule nearly all the way down to where the miners are trapped.

Leader Andres Sougarett said the empty capsule descended 2,000 feet, just 46 feet short of the chamber where 33 miners have been trapped since an August 5 collapse.

He said all would be in place at midnight local time (5am BST) to begin the rescue.