in 19 November 2010 New Zealand was shaken by the Pike River Mine disaster, A methane explosion occurred in the mine at approximately 3:44 p.m resulting in 29 miners being trapped and killed. To this day the matter has been one of controversy as the "Experts" say they were killed during the explosion .

The mine was closed up and it was originally claimed that no attempts have been made since to enter the mine or try and recover the bodies.

4 ROV's have to date been sent in to the mine, the first was immediately after the incident and apparently the units failed due to water getting in to the battery area. two military units were later sent in and it appears these also failed. Quite likely this was due to them being tracked units and by the looks they were more modern EOD robots.

Video has recently surfaced of a 4th unit being sent in along with two miners wearing breathing gear. This unit seems to have had a power malfunction also and quite likely due to the wat