My question is, why does it look like someone has a handheld camera on this, as if they are waiting for it to happen?
5 people are injured.
ht/ The Big Owe
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It looks like someone was filming a PC monitor or TV screen that was showing security footage. The Youtube notes confirm it was security footage.
I don’t think it actually went into reverse. I think something broke in the drivetrain and the step chain just freewheeled downward due to the weight of the passengers.
Escalators in the US have locking clutches to prevent this from happening. I guess the Chinese copycats left that out to save money.
Jethro, Yea I’m thinking the chain broke. Most of those escalators used a chain and sprocket to move the stairs.
My first escalator ride:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=escalator+&&view=detail&mid=82F5CB3AFE16C02D470782F5CB3AFE16C02D4707&rvsmid=AB774F19CDA3C5FEF068AB774F19CDA3C5FEF068&FORM=VDFSRV&fsscr=0
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I once saved a child who’s shoe got stuck at the top step.
His mother was freaking out.
I climbed over them and hit the emergency stop.
We pulled his foot out and I tore the shoe up removing it from the escalator jaws.
I told her to go make the manager buy her son a new pair.
They may have a variable frequency drive running the escalators over there.
Those can reverse fairly quick but would likely fault out due to over-torque.
Ok, just watched it, not a VF Drive, chain break without a clutch brake.
I’m thinking drive failure, not a reversal.
Check out “Broken Escalator” on youtube
Hint: How libtards react to a simple problem.
@Moetom ~ that is one of the best videos in the world to explain today’s libtard …. especially the idiot Sanders supporters
I just couldn’t resist posting this Blood, Sweat & Tears song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK62tfoCmuQ
Here’s the libtards way of dealing with a malfunctioning escalator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrSUe_m19FY
Sum Ting Wong!
Yeah no sudden reverse, sum ting broke.
Kind of a metaphor for a Bernie presidency.
Everyone moving at the same speed, equally, before it all collapses.