More than 3,000 stuck in SA mine

[mrjake2002]

More than 3,000 workers are trapped deep underground in a South African gold mine after an accident blocked a deep shaft, officials have said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7027122.stm

Lets hope this doesn't end badly...  :-/

[Canuck.]

thats not good  :-/

[DONTREADMYUSERNAME]

Well they said that 300 could be lifted out every hour so they could theoretically get em all out in around 10 hours. Thats not so bad, I mean you can survive 3 days on water alone  :-/

[spitfire boy]

[quote]Well they said that 300 could be lifted out every hour so they could theoretically get em all out in around 10 hours. Thats not so bad, I mean you can survive 3 days on water alone

[C]

Hopefully, as they say, there is enough ventilation down there (both for "fresh" air, but also to remove 3000 peoples worth of CO2), and enough water, as 30-40degC will not be pleasant at all.

[beaky]

They got 'em out... everybody's OK.
Whew!

http://canadianpress.google.com/article ... e5g_6w1NXA