2010 Copiapó mining accident

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The 2010 Copiapó mining accident was a Chilean mine collapse in which 33 miners were trapped underground for 69 days before being dramatically rescued in a globally televised operation.

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instanceOf disaster
industrial accident
mining accident
aftereffect closure of San José mine
increased scrutiny of mine safety in Chile
cause mine collapse
commemoratedBy books
documentaries
films
country Chile
depthOfRefugeChamberInMeters 700
durationInDays 69
endDate 2010-10-13
firstContactWithMinersDate 2010-08-22
firstContactWithMinersDayOfAccident day 17
firstMinerRescuedDateTime 2010-10-13T00:11:00
governmentLeaderDuringAccident Sebastián Piñera
internationalAssistanceFrom Center Rock Inc.
Codelco
NASA
Schramm Inc.
lastMinerRescuedDateTime 2010-10-13T21:55:00
location Atacama Region
San José copper–gold mine
near Copiapó
mainRescueCapsuleUsed Fénix 1
surface form: Fénix 2
maximumDepthOfMinersInMeters about 700
mediaCoverage global live television broadcast
mineType copper–gold mine
miningMinisterDuringAccident Laurence Golborne
notableMiner Carlos Mamani
Edison Peña
Florencio Ávalos
Franklin Lobos
José Henríquez
Luis Urzúa
Mario Sepúlveda
Yonni Barrios
numberOfPeopleTrapped 33
numberOfRescueHolesDrilled 3
numberOfSurvivors 33
primaryRescuePlanName Plan B
rescueCapsuleName Fénix 1
Fénix 1
surface form: Fénix 2

Fénix 3
rescueCoordinatedBy Government of Chile
surface form: Chilean government
rescueOperationEndDate 2010-10-13
rescueOperationName Operación San Lorenzo
rescueOperationStartDate 2010-10-12
result all 33 miners rescued alive
secondaryRescuePlanName Plan A
startDate 2010-08-05
tertiaryRescuePlanName Plan C

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