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Drill breakthrough in NZ mine; robot finds helmet
A drilling team on Wednesday broke a narrow shaft through to the section of a New Zealand coal mine where 29 workers have been missing for almost six days, and was greeted by a blast of potentially deadly gases from inside.Officials have become increasingly pessimistic about the chances of pulling the men alive from a network of tunnels some 1 1/2 miles (2 kilometers) deep in the side of a mountain,
A drilling team on Wednesday broke a narrow shaft through to the section of a New Zealand coal mine where 29 workers have been missing for almost six days, and was greeted by a blast of potentially deadly gases from inside.Officials have become increasingly pessimistic about the chances of pulling the men alive from a network of tunnels some 1 1/2 miles (2 kilometers) deep in the side of a mountain,
Robots look for trapped miners on sixth day
Hope was fading for 28 men trapped underground in a New Zealand coal mine for six days as rescuers managed to restart Wednesday an army robot looking for signs of life in an access tunnel.
Hope was fading for 28 men trapped underground in a New Zealand coal mine for six days as rescuers managed to restart Wednesday an army robot looking for signs of life in an access tunnel.
Efforts on to rescue trapped New Zealand miners
Hope still prevails as a second robot was brought in by the army Tuesday in a bid to rescue the 29 miners trapped inside a New Zealand coal mine since the past five days.
Hope still prevails as a second robot was brought in by the army Tuesday in a bid to rescue the 29 miners trapped inside a New Zealand coal mine since the past five days.
Robot breakdown delays rescue of trapped NZ miners
A bomb-disposal robot sent underground to learn the fate of 29 workers missing for four days in a New Zealand coal mine swirling with toxic gas short-circuited and failed Tuesday, sending hopes
Kiwi Army to send robot to see if trapped miners are alive
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has decided to send in a robot into the Pike River Coal mine in a bid to rescue 29 trapped miners.
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has decided to send in a robot into the Pike River Coal mine in a bid to rescue 29 trapped miners.
New Zealand mine drama in fourth day with no end in sight
The New Zealand mine drama went into its fourth day Monday with still no word of when a bid to rescue 29 men trapped after an underground explosion will be made.
The New Zealand mine drama went into its fourth day Monday with still no word of when a bid to rescue 29 men trapped after an underground explosion will be made.
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