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18 injured in Hong Kong mall after escalator reverses direction at high speed
Global News(Reuters) ^
| March 26, 2017
Posted on 03/26/2017 11:01:48 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
18 injured in Hong Kong mall after escalator reverses direction at high speed
At least 18 people were injured Saturday afternoon when an escalator at a shopping mall of Hong Kong‘s Langham Place suddenly reversed direction and increased speed.
Video footage shot by witnesses showed that an upwards escalator suddenly reversed and went downward at an obviously higher speed, leading to dozens of passengers losing their balance and tumbling down to the ground.
Local media outlet Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) quoted an injured passenger as saying that the escalator was going “twice as fast.”
(Excerpt) Read more at globalnews.ca ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: escalator; hongkong
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/26/2017 11:02:38 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
To: TigerLikesRooster
This happened in DC about five years ago at one of the METRO exits. I think it happens more often than people think.
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/26/2017 11:13:44 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Liberals think in propaganda)
To: TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
03/26/2017 11:15:28 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
(Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen)
To: pepsionice
If that is the case, I wonder what is a common design flaw to cause it.
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posted on
03/26/2017 11:15:49 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
To: PLMerite
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posted on
03/26/2017 11:21:17 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust cIonservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: TigerLikesRooster
They were celebrating Beijing puppet, Carrie Lam’s election.
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posted on
03/26/2017 11:55:24 PM PDT
by
mindburglar
(When Superman and Batman fight, the only winner is crime.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Local media outlet Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) quoted an injured passenger as saying that the escalator was going “twice as fast.” No. It reversed direction going MANY times faster, maybe five times as fast!
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posted on
03/27/2017 12:09:57 AM PDT
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roadcat
To: TigerLikesRooster
Could been sliced into human baloney...
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posted on
03/27/2017 12:13:44 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Since it was the UP escalator, the drive appears to have broken and gravity caused it to reverse. As the weight came off it slowed then stopped moving.
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posted on
03/27/2017 3:36:15 AM PDT
by
MCF
(If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
To: MCF
Make sense.
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posted on
03/27/2017 4:30:24 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
To: roadcat
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posted on
03/27/2017 6:26:59 AM PDT
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moovova
To: PLMerite
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posted on
03/27/2017 8:02:30 AM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Aiiiiiiii. I was scared of escalators as a child, then an attorney I know has made a lot of money fighting for victims of escalators so I know all the horror stories. I think my fear is coming back. Where are the stairs??
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posted on
03/27/2017 11:31:29 AM PDT
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Yaelle
To: TigerLikesRooster
I wonder what is a common design flaw to cause it.
A toggle switch labeled UP/Down and located in a broom closet with no light....
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posted on
03/27/2017 11:35:32 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(My once 6 pack abs are now a keg......)
To: TigerLikesRooster
It could have been worse.
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posted on
03/27/2017 4:31:11 PM PDT
by
Trillian
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