German Engineers designed capsule helps free Chilean miners

Engineers from had developed a device that could be dropped into a small borehole and lowered and raised quickly and repeatedly.

The system that was developed, the Dahlbusch Bomb, had a length of 2.5m and a diameter of 38.5cm and has been deployed numerous times, notably in 1963 when it was used to rescue 11 miners trapped at 58m in the Lengede iron ore mine in Germany.

Miners trapped for 69 days following the collapse of a shaft at Chile’s San Jose mine are today being transported from their subterranean ordeal in a capsule that has its origins in Germany.

So far, 15 of the 33 miners have made the 15-minute journey in the Phoenix II escape pod, one of three designed for the operation by NASA and Chilean Navy engineers.
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  • durga ch

    durga ch

    @durga-TpX3gO • Oct 15, 2010

    living 700 mts below sea level for 69 days is unimaginable, as of now all 33 are out, the youngest being 19 yr old 😐
    I am sure if the vedios have been put on youtube, but there was live telecast of the miners being rescued out, it was a comendable feat

    PS: the miners were asked to loose some weight, to fit in the capsule 😐

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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Kaustubh Katdare

    @thebigk • Oct 15, 2010

    I wrote a VoiCE Post: #-Link-Snipped-#

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