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Chilean rescue capsule goes on display

Thursday 21 October 2010 00:00 BST
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The capsule that carried the Chilean miners trapped underground for 69 days to the surface has gone on display in Santiago.

Crowds gathered around the Phoenix capsule in the Chilean capital yesterday as an inquiry began into reports that one miner was refused permission to leave the shaft three hours before it collapsed.

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