LUCKNOW, India — Officials trying to reach 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for eight days were contemplating alternative rescue plans Sunday after snags with a drilling machine caused them to halt digging. A new drilling machine arrived at the accident site in Uttarakhand state on Saturday to … Read more
LUCKNOW, India — Forty-one workers remained trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day Saturday as a new drilling machine arrived on site to replace the damaged one. The nature of the exceptionally hard rock formation in the area coupled with the clearing of debris damaged the original machine and … Read more
LUCKNOW, India — Some of the 40 construction workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for a fourth day were sick as falling debris and technical glitches delayed the work to free them, officials in northern India said Wednesday. Wide pipes are set to be drilled through excavated rubble to create a passage to free … Read more
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday, November 13, that they found a Hamas tunnel leading to a children’s hospital in Gaza City, along with Hamas infrastructure inside the hospital. In footage posted by the IDF on Monday, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari shows the opening to a tunnel next to the Rantisi Hospital, and … Read more
LUCKNOW, India — Rescuers were digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel Monday to reach 40 workers trapped by a landslide at the construction project in northern India. All of the construction workers are safe, police officer Prashant Kumar said, adding that they have been supplied with oxygen and water. He said … Read more
Rescuers are digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel to reach more than 30 workers trapped by a landslide in northern India ByBISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press November 12, 2023, 11:55 PM LUCKNOW, India — Rescuers were digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed road tunnel Monday to reach more than 30 … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — So threatening is the vast subterranean maze dug by Hamas that Israelis in past battles dubbed the structures “terror tunnels.” This underworld of passageways, arms caches and escape routes beneath Gaza may prove even more terrifying now. As Israel’s ground troops drive to encircle Gaza … Read more
Switzerland’s national rail operator says the world’s longest rail tunnel won’t be fully reopened to train traffic until next September, again pushing back the target date for repairs of damage caused by a cargo train derailment ByThe Associated Press November 2, 2023, 9:05 AM Accident-damaged freight wagons are seen at the scene of the accident … Read more