Green light for people to enter Pike River mine draft
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English - December 03, 2019 20:32 - 10 minutes - 9.95 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Worksafe has established the Pike River mine draft could be made safe enough to enter, by creating a process known as 'forcing ventilation' where fresh air is drawn into the mine The move would allow the 170m seal to be breached and the forensic investigation of the entire drift to begin. The Pike River Recovery Agency's Chief Operating Officer, Dinghy Pattinson explains to Kathryn Ryan.