I don't have any other details on this, except that it was in Chile---
What a nightmare; the opening and closing of the doors while it's moving must have been the first hint that all was not well.
Then, the guy realizes something is terribly, terribly wrong and starts to pound all the buttons, hoping it stops.
I know the modern elevator has safety fall prevention interlocks; but failing upward?
What would you even do here? And how did this fail in the engineering or electronics controls?
I have no idea what happened to the guy when the elevator slammed into the roof of the building (and then...fell?)
Edit: Thanks to Eric3579 for updating non-region blocked link and more details:
"A man has been seriously injured after an out of control elevator in Chile shot up 31 flights in 15 seconds and crashed into the roof.
CCTV footage posted to YouTube, captures José Vergara Acevedo, 31, entering the lift in an unidentified building in Santiago last Friday evening.
At first the doors close but then they reopen as the elevator starts hurtling upwards at high-speed, causing Mr Acevedo to frantically press buttons on the control panel.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2652956/Horrifying-moment-control-elevator-shot-31-flights-just-15-seconds-desperate-passenger-tried-make-stop.html#ixzz3yfksInZU"
It hit a reported velocity of 80 km/h ---Call it 50 mph. Whoa. He survived and got hurt.
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eric3579Some info here
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eric3579Here you go http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31dfax
@SFOGuy you may want to replace the blocked video with this one.
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SFOGuyYou are a scholar and a gentleman! Thank you.
Here you go http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31dfax
@SFOGuy you may want to replace the blocked video with this one.
SFOGuyFixed thanks to Eric3579!
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CrushBugThanks.
That was horrifying. I hope he is able to make a full recovery.
Fixed thanks to Eric3579!
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When I was a kid I believed that if I was alone on an elevator it would go straight to hell. So I always got off when the last person got off, no matter the floor. Not a fan of elevators.
WaterDwellerMay not be common knowledge, but elevators actually have a counterweight, that weighs as much as the elevator would when it's filled by a certain number of people, to ease the load on the motor. When there's only one person in the elevator, the motor actually has to work harder when the elevator is on the way down than on the way up, as it has to lift the counterweight.
PaybackThat's why I'd prefer to live in a walk up or a building short enough to be serviced by a hydraulic elevator. The ones on top of a long hydraulic ram like on a backhoe. They can fail, but all that happens is you slowly sink into the basement.
Dag might not like that though...
May not be common knowledge, but elevators actually have a counterweight, that weighs as much as the elevator would when it's filled by a certain number of people, to ease the load on the motor. When there's only one person in the elevator, the motor actually has to work harder when the elevator is on the way down than on the way up, as it has to lift the counterweight.
eric3579How did that craziness get embedded in your brain.
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When I was a kid I believed that if I was alone on an elevator it would go straight to hell. So I always got off when the last person got off, no matter the floor. Not a fan of elevators.
PaybackThere was a meth lab on the 6th floor.
Just sayin.
How did that craziness get embedded in your brain.
dagComment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)
Grandparents were southern Baptists. :-/ That says it all.
How did that craziness get embedded in your brain.
SFOGuyMan---I'm sorry.
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Grandparents were southern Baptists. :-/ That says it all.
poolcleanerThat's my excuse, as well. Ain't no drug better than the Southern Baptist drug!!
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Grandparents were southern Baptists. :-/ That says it all.
jmdsays...3rd world country..check. This was not just one manufacturing defect. Clearly the main flywheel that grips the cables broke free from the gear box, but electrical sensors failed (door operation when in motion) and emergency brakes which trigger when wheels on the carriage spin to fast (ie not based on a computer triggering system) all failed or never existed to begin with.
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