Chile: Engineers work on plan to reach miners in two months

Engineers in Chile are working on a plan that they hope will dramatically speed up the rescue of 33 miners trapped in a collapsed shaft.

Chile: Engineers work on plan to reach miners in two months

Engineers in Chile are working on a plan that they hope will dramatically speed up the rescue of 33 miners trapped in a collapsed shaft.

Work will start tomorrow on drilling an escape shaft going about 700 metres underground, which is likely to take four months to complete.

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