” We are continuing to work tirelessly, and feel that we are coming closer and closer. We still believe in this solution and hope it will bear fruit very soon, ” says smc, Ángel García at a press conference.
The massive räddningsuppbådet has been going on since the boy fell into a 100 metre deep hole in Totalán outside Malaga. The bailout has been to drill a horizontal tunnel in the rock to reach the boy, but the work has been more difficult than expected. Last Sunday was delayed for a in addition, the schedule with approximately 40 hours after the drill hit a hard stone that could cause the tunnel to crumble.
announced the jrcc to the final stage of the drilling was completed and the final, manual excavation of the tunnel would commence. It was hoped then to be able to reach the boy during the afternoon.
The timetable was not. The special pipes to stabilize the bored tunnel has not been sent more than 40 metres in the 60-metre long tunnel, writes El País. Because there is a risk that the pipes will get caught and damaged, it has been decided to remove them completely and try to widen the hole with the drill again.
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smc, and the government’s delegate in Andalusia, Alfonso Rodríguez Gómez de Celis, called a press conference at 19.30 o’clock on Tuesday.
” Our goal is to reach the boy as soon as possible, in this extreme and unique situation. All that is needed is here, in Totalán, both manpower and technology, ” said Rodríguez Gómez de Celis.
He says that the teams so far have dug out more than 40,000 tons, something that would usually take months to do.
– The technical teams are working under the strong pressure, and I ask everyone to give them peace and quiet so that they can work with the task they will carry out.
has been specified for when it is believed that the boy, who has not given any sign of life in the from themselves, can be found.