Overview
- Rescue leaders optimized the main pump on Tuesday by adding a second discharge line, lifting sustained flow to about 9.5 liters per second to drain flooded workings.
- The dewatering push began over the weekend when a 25-horsepower unit came online, lowering the water level by roughly 2 to 2.5 meters and opening room for new probes.
- Following Sunday’s failed diver reconnaissance, teams shifted to a phased entry plan that included cleaning down the Contrapozo 50 shaft, where crews found about 40 centimeters of standing water.
- Guidance from the miner rescued earlier placed two colleagues near the mine floor and a third slightly higher, which is now shaping where search crews aim to break through.
- Tailings waste, pooled water and an unstable residue plug still block safe access, keeping the 353-person operation on a cautious stabilize-first rhythm as engineers drill and reinforce key points.