People Falling Off Ski Lifts in Gudauri,Georgia
Posted Mar 16, 2018, 12:43 PM UTC
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Damn that is scary. Hopefully nobody died
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well that was horrorific
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I have a new phobia :O
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That's messed up.
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Wow, thank god I'm done with skiing for this year... I hope there's no casualties and no one's seriously injured.
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What the actual hell is going on here? All these lifts have multiple emergency stop buttons, in the worst case they could switch off the power supply...
It's coming down backwards, I think the power is out already
Yes, in news it's said that the accident was caused by power outage and broken brake system.
Damn, that's quite a malfunction then. I hope its not Doppelmayr.
It is. They said they will come and investigate.
nobody knows what's the reason yet... I'd vote for some 'repairs' russian-style...
But how is it coming down with such force?
What goes up must come down and all this weight adds up.
See this ski lift crash test which explains and shows what probably happened. The whole video is interesting so if you have the time watch from the start.
See all those people sat on it?
If F=ma, and this is on a 15 degree slope
Force = the mass of every doomed passenger x 2.5ms^-2
Does the force remain constant once we account for the addition of the Benny Hill theme in the background?
Start pushing a rock up a hill.
Let go of the rock.
Regardless of whether you push it the other way, that fucker is going down the hill.
Essentially what happened here was pushing a rock up a hill and you get tired and stop pushing. Then as you stop you shoes lose traction and you slip. The rock takes off down the hill and gains momentum. As do the other rocks that are attached.
And some guy in a red jacket decides not to get off the rock...
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electricity apparently had nothing to do with it, gears connecting engine with the main wheel just broke, emergency breaks either didn't work, or they were late to activate it (10 second window only), or it was a sabotage, since human interference for this ski lift may not even be necessary in these kind of emergencies (installed in 2008/9).