2011 Ukraine mine accidents

Coal mining disasters in Ukraine April 2026 The 2011 Ukraine mine accidents were two incidents which occurred at two coal mines in Eastern Ukraine on 29 July 2011. The first was an explosion at the Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine which killed at least 17 people and left nine missing.18 killed in 2 mine accidents in Ukraine Maria Danilova https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hsEW7iINVQ1vvOi97F0wLYw8wPGw?docId=4ac382e84c3d40d08ff8ccf02b0107ae Google News Associated Press 27 July 2011 27 July 2011June 2024 medicmedic The second was an elevator collapse at a mine in the industrial city of Makiyivka, in which at least two miners were killed. The collapse also injured at least three and left 11 missing.TWO MINING TRAGEDIES IN UKRAINE LEAVE 18 DEAD & 20 MISSING http://www.agi.it/english-version/world/elenco-notizie/201107291421-cro-ren1055-two_mining_tragedies_in_ukraine_leave_18_dead_20_missing AGI News 27 July 2011 27 July 2011 September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes The President of Ukraine ordered the government to set up a commission to investigate the accident.Mine Explosion in Ukraine Kills 17 Seth Mydans https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/30/world/europe/30ukraine.html?_r=1 The New York Times 27 July 2011 27 July 2011 Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya explosion Shortly before 2 a.m. on 29 July 2011, an explosion went off in the Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine, which occurred 3,000 ft m off us underground. The explosion killed at least 17 people and left nine missing. Investigators suspect the accident was caused by a powerful explosion of methane.Coal mine explosion in Ukraine https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8670775/Coal-mine-explosion-in-Ukraine.html The Daily Telegraph 27 July 2011 27 July 2011 Mykhailo Volynets, the head of the Independent Trade Union of Miners, called the Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya mine "one of the most dangerous in Ukraine" due to buildups of methane and coal dust. The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovich and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov planned to fly to the accident site. Makiivka elevator collapse A short time after the explosion, an elevator collapsed at the Bazhanova Coal Mine in the industrial city of Makiivka. At least two miners were killed, at least three were injured and 11 were left missing.Elevator collapse kills one, injures 8 in east Ukrainian mine http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/29/c_131018305.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20121108001621/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/29/c_131018305.htm dead 8 November 2012 Xinhua 27 July 2011 27 July 2011 Hundreds of other workers laboring at a different section of the mine were trying to leave through emergency exits and pathways, said Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Yulia Yershova. References 2 48 20 40 N 39 39 30 E title Category:2011 in Ukraine Category:Coal mining disasters in Ukraine Category:2011 mining disasters Category:History of Luhansk Oblast Category:Makiivka Category:2011 disasters in Ukraine Category:July 2011 in Europe