Arnold Dix: No chance of survival in Nepal's Chilime disaster

…and into the powerhouse.” He said the flow did not simply destroy the tunnel entrance but moved through the underground works, including major plant and control rooms and areas where people worked, ate and rested. “ On the basis of the available evidence, and my direct conversations with the responders at the site, I am firm in my professional conclusion: for those caught in the direct path of the first inrush, there was no possibility of survival. Death was instantaneous ,” Dix said. Why rescuers continued searching Dix stressed that his assessment did not mean the search should have been abandoned. “That conclusion takes nothing from the search. Nor does it mean rescuers could simply…