I’ve never seen anything like this before.
Was the operator asleep at the switch, leaning on it?
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Mass killer. Ban ski lifts.
That one was the one that malfunctioned and reversed.
It’s all white people
On a lighter note, I learned to ski in the Sierra’s while still a pup. What are all these euro-weenies doing with helmets? They will never make it past their first encounter with a pine tree up close and personal (usually doing something really stupid).
WAS THAT THE LIFT OPERATOR RUNNING AWAY AT ABOUT 0:55??
They might be all white people, but the videographer was shouting, “Bluhuuuuh! Bluhuuuuh!” We all know what that means. This was the special Plan B ski lift.
Where is this? That guttural language sounds like Russian to me.
First problem, they don’t speak American so how can the read the instructions?
Second Disneyland banned dayglow tourist uniforms 5 years ago so they shouldn’t have been let on the teacup ride in the first place.
Why were there about 100 people standing around doing nothing when this video began? Seems like there was a problem preventing all these people from getting on the lift before it went out of control. The kid(?) in orange jump suit that was knocked off in the very beginning laid motionless thru the whole thing.
JB, i was wondering the same thing. Helmets?? Really? Maybe the story of Michael Schumacher resonates strongly in Europe.
Well that escalated quickly.
It was in Soviet Georgia.
Helmets? In Communist state?
They charge extra for rides like that in Canada
Must be Colorado. Legal and plentiful marijuana has its price.
In Russia…. lift skies you!
If God INTENDED for us to come down a snowy hill on 2 sticks, He wouldn’t have INVENTED four-wheel drive, to go UP snowy hills!!! 😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0PrZHhTBUI
This weird stuff always seems to happen in the Eastern Bloc countries.
Let’s go skiing, they said. It will be fun, they said!
I’m assuming the lift operator was a muslim.
The motor was likely controlled by a variable frequency drive.
A VFD can control the speed and direction of the motor.
They can be programmed to lock out the reverse feature and for a maximum speed.
They may use the reverse feature on some occasions but what may have happened was a factory default may have been deployed in the VFD.
In addition, there should be an Emergency Shutdown safety relay employed.
ESD stations should be available throughout.
Well, somebody’s fired.