Rescuers in India have started digging manually in hopes of reaching 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country's north for over two weeks.
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Rescuers are using hand-held drills to free 41 workers trapped in a tunnel for over 2 weeks
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Rescuers in India Switch to Manual Digging to Extricate Workers From Collapsed Tunnel
NEW DELHI (AP) — The rescue of 41 construction workers trapped nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India has been hindered again in the final stretch of digging, officials said Thursday. Some blades of the drilling machine were damaged by a metal object in the debris.
The rescue of 41 construction workers from a collapsed highway tunnel in northern India could happen later Thursday after nearly two weeks of digging and delays.
NEW DELHI (AP) — The rescue of 41 construction workers trapped nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India has been hindered again in the final stretch of digging, officials said Thursday. Some blades of the drilling machine were damaged by a metal object in the debris.
Rescue teams trying to reach 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for nearly two weeks stopped drilling again Friday after their boring machine hit a new metal obstruction in rock debris, further delaying efforts.
The workers have been trapped since Nov. 12 when a landslide caused a portion of the tunnel they were building to collapse about 650 feet from the entrance.
With 41 workers still trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India, rescuers were forced to dig by hand after their drilling machine broke. A new machine has also been brought in to try and dig vertically instead.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Attempts to reach 41 construction workers stuck in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for two weeks were again stymied Saturday. Rescuers had been working by hand to remove debris after the drilling machine they were using broke down a day earlier while making its way through the …
NEW DELHI (AP) — Authorities in India said on Monday they were set to begin manual digging of what they hoped was the final phase of rescuing the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country’s north for over two weeks.
Indian military engineers were preparing to dig by hand Monday to reach 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 16 days, a rescue operation hit by repeated setbacks.
Authorities hope this will be the final phase in rescuing the construction workers, who have been stuck in the collapsed mountain tunnel for more than two weeks.
NEW DELHI — Rescuers in India began digging manually Monday in hopes of reaching 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country’s north for over two weeks. Kirti Panwar, a state government spokesperson, said a dozen men were taking turns burrowing into th…
NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers in India began digging manually Monday in hopes of reaching 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country’s north for over two weeks.
16 days after a tunnel they were building partially collapsed, trapping them behind a mountain of debris, 41 workers may be rescued by a group of "rat miners."
Rescuers in India have started digging manually in hopes of reaching 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country's north for over two weeks.
Rescuers in India began digging manually Monday in hopes of reaching 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country's north for over two weeks.
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