Posted on 02/09/2010 6:46:50 AM PST by 2banana
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A faulty elevator was behind the shutdown of the observation deck on the world's tallest tower that effectively closed the half-mile-high Burj Khalifa to the public, witnesses and a Dubai rescue official said Tuesday.
Visitors who were on the viewing floor at the time of Saturday's incident told The Associated Press they heard a loud noise, then saw what looked like smoke but turned out to be dust seeping out of the crack in one of the elevator doors.
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"What just kind of shocks me is that they were going to brush this under the rug to save face. If it broke, at least tell people it broke," Timms said.
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Witnesses say the company provided little information to visitors stuck on the 124th floor observation deck as rescue crews worked. That lack of information caused panic among some visitors.
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1. It seems everyone thought is was another islamic attack on another famous building?
2. Wonder if this problem stems from Dubai not paying its bills?
3. Wonder if this problem stems from Dubai using slave labor and cheap Chinese steel/elevators?
Door # 3 .....
“who said the lights went off and the elevator began to fall before the brakes kicked in.”
Well at least the brakes worked.
And "brakes" per the invention of Mr. Otis is the single innovation that facilitated the modern elevator industry. Not the lift, not use of cables, etc., but a safety brake that would apply in the event that lift was lost. The History of the Elevator - Elisha Otis
Dubai death tower alert.
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