Chile miners: special report

Chile miners rescued: Channel 4 News profiles each of the 33 miners who were trapped underground for 69 days.

Trial rescues of the trapped Chile miners have gone so well the 33 men could be freed earlier than expected, writes Jonathan Miller from the scene – a good sign as the mine itself remains precarious.

After almost 70 days trapped half a mile underground, the ordeal for 33 trapped miners is set to end as the delicate rescue attempt begins. Jonathan Miller writes from Camp Hope.

The evacuation of the trapped Chilean miners will begin in the early hours of Wednesday morning UK time after a successful test of the escape pod.

As Chile’s trapped miners are told it could be Wednesday until their release Jonathan Miller reports from deep inside a nearby mine where special forces have practised their rescue plans.

The trapped miners in Chile are a crucial step closer to freedom after the completion of a rescue shaft. Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller describes the “very real prospect of imminent release”.

The day is edging closer where 33 miners trapped in a Chile mine are rescued and brought to the surface. Channel 4 News illustrates how the rescue attempt is supposed to work.

Engineers working to free 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months could break through to their refuge and begin the rescue within the next few days.

Relatives and officials cheered this weekend as the first of three rescue capsules specially built to lift out 33 Chile miners trapped half a mile underground since early August arrived at the mine.

As 33 miners face their second month trapped deep underground in Chile, relatives of the men tell Channel 4 News of their continued hope they will be rescued safely.

Rescuers have begun drilling an escape shaft for the trapped miners in Chile, but continued to warn that it could take up to four months to bring the men back to the surface.

The miners trapped half a mile underground in a Chilean mine send emotional messages to their families above ground, a new video shows.

Mining engineers in Chile have come up with a “plan B” to rescue the 33 men trapped deep underground at the San Jose mine, which could see them rescued sooner. Katie Razzall reports.

As the 33 Chilean miners react calmly to news it make take until Christmas before rescue, the head of the rescue team explains to Channel 4 News that water nearby the miners endangers the operation.