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glatt · 01-23-2020, 06:32 AM

Lack of proper maintenance by the ski resort.

Griff · 01-23-2020, 06:44 AM

He dove off the lift and is wallowing away with his skis on.

glatt · 01-23-2020, 07:05 AM

I saw a youtube video of a mechanical engineer type person pontificating about this accident and what likely caused it to happen. What I remember him saying is that a ski lift has an unbalanced load. Everyone is on the up side, so as a safety device, there is some sort of braking system that is supposed to prevent the lift from running backwards in the event that the motor shuts off. He seemed to think that regular inspections were required of this braking system and that this ski resort was negligent in that area. The motor stopped, the brakes didn't work, and the ski lift ran backwards with all that weight of people on the one side. It picked up speed and was flinging people off like crazy as the chairs piled up into each other on the bottom.

Skiers had to jump, as many did, or get flung off, or hold on for dear life and get smashed into the pile up of chairs.

Griff · 01-23-2020, 07:09 AM

They were lucky the chairs are close to the ground. Eastern Europe?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-23-2020, 08:19 AM

It didn't register it was running backward, that sure adds to the confusion. At least after they were all beat up they were at the bottom and didn't have to limp down the mountain.

Griff · 01-23-2020, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

They were lucky the chairs are close to the ground. Eastern Europe?

Georgia according to youtube comments...

01-23-2020, 06:44 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	He dove off the lift and is wallowing away with his skis on. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-23-2020, 07:09 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	They were lucky the chairs are close to the ground. Eastern Europe? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-23-2020, 08:19 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It didn't register it was running backward, that sure adds to the confusion. At least after they were all beat up they were at the bottom and didn't have to limp down the mountain. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-23-2020, 06:32 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Lack of proper maintenance by the ski resort.

01-23-2020, 07:05 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I saw a youtube video of a mechanical engineer type person pontificating about this accident and what likely caused it to happen. What I remember him saying is that a ski lift has an unbalanced load. Everyone is on the up side, so as a safety device, there is some sort of braking system that is supposed to prevent the lift from running backwards in the event that the motor shuts off. He seemed to think that regular inspections were required of this braking system and that this ski resort was negligent in that area. The motor stopped, the brakes didn't work, and the ski lift ran backwards with all that weight of people on the one side. It picked up speed and was flinging people off like crazy as the chairs piled up into each other on the bottom. Skiers had to jump, as many did, or get flung off, or hold on for dear life and get smashed into the pile up of chairs.

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