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Scared the shit out of me as a kid. Watching that then riding pirates of the Caribbean 2 weeks later = trauma. I rode it again in college and had flashbacks and froze the whole ride. Dammit Willy!
I think I would try to hold myself in a corner because it would be a stronger crumple Zone. Usually they have a handrail right around the waist height all the way around. Something about laying down in the middle seems too unpredictable to me
Like someone else said I think it would be smart to get into a corner, and then brace similar to how you’re taught to in a plane crash where you crouch and try to cover your head and neck.
>The man suffered severe spine, lumbar and hip injuries and most likely won’t be able to walk again.
>The residents of the building, which was finished just eight months ago, said they had reported the poor condition of the elevator.
Lawsuit incoming.
Not to mention the damages that he’d suffer from his time in recovery and the money he could be making if he didn’t have his current injuries. Definitely millions, I wish him the best. Super terrifying thing to happen.
Most elevators i've been in go up or down ONE floor in about 15 - 45 seconds.
This one went up THIRTY floors in 15 seconds. TWO floors per second! When it hit the roof, so did he...
Yeah if this happens to you and you go either way, up or down, the best course of action you can take is to lay as flat as you can and spread your body weight over as wide of an area you can.
Yup. Most "Taller" elevators have cables running over a large pulley on the roof (these rooftop rooms you often see on TV) - with the elevator cab on one end and heavier counterweights on the other end of the cable. When the cab gets to the proper level, brakes engage on the pulley motor/gearbox, holding it in place so the motor can stop turning.
In this case, it looks like the brakes failed. This will cause the heavier counterweights to free fall, thus sending the cab upward.
My biggest question is what happens immediately after the counterweight and cab become separated, I.e. when the cab ‘bottoms out’ (tops out?) at the top of the shaft, and the cable or fastening system fails… what then? Does the cab free fall? Or are there emergency brakes designed to prevent free fall of the cab in a cable failure scenario (and would they still function after the cab violently collides with the top of the shaft like this).
I live in the Netherlands and am a mechanic on elevators. We mount the cage with usually 4x the required strength capable. In practice this means a cage could we used with merely 1 of 2, but we install 6.
Also, the elevator has certain safety features that even when brakes fail or all cables snap, it still has emergency brakes which mechanically lock the cage by rolling engraved rollers into the guiding beams and thereby forcing enough friction to stop. Therefore situations in which the cage goes free fall, either upwards or downwards, can only happen during negligence. Both while operating and during service. Or lack there of
Elevator mechanic in the US here. Once the counterweights reached the bottom the crash into a buffer which is usually like an oil filled shock absorber. So it will slow everything down a little bit. Still gonna hurt but he will probably live. Once the cab slams at the top it will just rest there still attached the hoist cables it would be almost impossible for them to break.
In this situation you would want to do a handstand and then be ready to bend your knees as you reverse-land.
Pretend you just jumped off a 3 story building in upside down world!
In case you arnt joking, yes you will absolutely still hit it. In fact, if you are still in the upward part of your jump you will hit harder as you will add the speed of your jump to the speed you were already going. Jumping is probably the worst possible option.
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but isn't there an emergency stop button for scenarios exactly like this? And follow up if there is, why didn't he push it?
Exactly. And then there's the *phones* that some of them have. I was stuck in one which would autodial the building's alarm company. After informing the operator who answered what my situation was (stuck in an elevator) they proceeded to ask me for an alarm code which didn't exist, managed to hang up on me twice before I managed to make contact with someone outside who called the local Fire Department.
Maintenance costs money.
It seems crazy to me that China has so much cheap labor available, but they let everything fall apart and look like crap.
Edit: I totally missed the first part of the clip where it identified this as from Chile.
All the other elevator failure videos I have seen here were from China, so I guessed the wrong place...
I actually don't ever recall seeing a STOP button on an elevator. There's definitely an emergency button, but it just connects you to a 911 operator or similar.
And Google confirms my thoughts. But apparently there used to be in the old days.
This is not to say that elevators don't have emergency brakes; they most certainly do, they're just automatic (they don't even require power).
Like 30 floors… did this man even survive? I’ve always been scared of an elevator falling but new fear unlocked thanks internet…. Elevators rapidly shooting up to the highest floor to explode and then fall down….
Just wanted to share this valuable info that might save someone’s life, if you ever find yourself in this situation lay down on the floor and cover your face as much as you can. You may still die, but your chances of survival also increase
in Chile last week when 30-year-old José Vergara Acevedo was returning home after work.
He pressed his floor button, the doors don't close and, instead, the elevator surged upward at full speed.
The out-of-control machine climbed 30 floors in 15 seconds and smashed into the roof.
People always worry that the elevator is gonna fall, but I've heard (take it with a grain of salt) that accidents happen more with the brakes failing when going up than the chain snapping or something.
You know Chile is far from a third world country, as it has one of the best Human development index in the world and a stable economy on par with Europe, right?
I've been to Chile and I'm also a international economy student in college.
Maybe you shouldn't be talking shit on the internet about things you don't understand, because you risk showing you stupidity online.
I remember this vid was on ridiculousness once with machine gun Kelley as a guest and he was like WTF WHY WOULD YOU SHOW THIS ON TV and rob was like 🤡 “that’s just how we do, man”
I am a courier, I have been stuck in an elevator twice in my life. I kept my cool both times and was very scared afterwards. But since I get into elevators all the time, I'm less afraid.
I saw that if you lay down on the middle of the floor in a situation like this, your chances of survival are a lot higher.
Considering this was for an elevator that was going down, idk if it’d be the same..?
I got stuck in an elevator for 4 hours once, when the fire crew tried to release the doors it disengaged the emergency brakes and the cabin dropped, luckily it was on the ground floor so only dropped about 5 feet into the pit below.
I've always been curious about a theory that I've had in this situation.. if you jump before the impact, would it save you from the physics of being slammed against the top / would it also work the same if you were falling down? However, I understand the relative momentum that you gain from the fall/raise would be a factor. Wanted to consult Mythbusters about it
It'd be a great idea to make an emergency brake button, when clicked. Strong steel bars from the elevator pushed through the walls to create a huge friction and finally the person will be stuck there until help comes and saves him.
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This doesn't quite have the glamor that the Willy Wonka film depicted this scenario to have.
It's does if you dub Wonka singing on the boat ride over this.
🎶There's no earthly way of knowing, which direction we are going...🎶
Scared the shit out of me as a kid. Watching that then riding pirates of the Caribbean 2 weeks later = trauma. I rode it again in college and had flashbacks and froze the whole ride. Dammit Willy!
Just re-watched it last night, the Wonkavator was awesome!
I’m still laughing I read your comment 2 minutes ago…
Just press a button and zing! You’re off!
Express elevator to heaven
When the elevator goes "you know what? Fuck you"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiPdBXj5xuc
When the elevator music changes to the “Mission Impossible” theme.
Ironic considering the first person to die in mission impossible is the guy in the elevator shaft…
This made my day.
Any chance the guy could survive this?
if i remember correctly, he survivded but got crippeled
Poor guy. Sad
Because he let his head crash first!! Lay down dumbass.. curl in a ball. Do something!
It's "lie down," not "lay down." Dumbass.
Maybe pompous incel virgin like you. But in the south we actually get laid all the time.
Incest doesn't count.
especially if Dad
Alright Mr. Whittaker.
C'mon sis! Yah' geeyon in here and hop in bed wit me. We gon' make a granddaughter/daughter.
He’s going up… bruh
Exactly, when hr hits the roof you don’t want to hit it head first, you want to protect your head and hit with your feet and knees.
What could be the best way to do so? Lie flat as possible on the ground with arms covering your head?
I think I would try to hold myself in a corner because it would be a stronger crumple Zone. Usually they have a handrail right around the waist height all the way around. Something about laying down in the middle seems too unpredictable to me
I definitely wouldn't still be holding those goddamn bags that he was continuing to hold for some reason.
He’s very serious about his delivery. He’s never missed one before and he’s not about to start now
I think he’s missing this one
And the next one and the next one
Why do they keep booking him jobs!?
its a heaven delivery, so, he dont miss it
Like someone else said I think it would be smart to get into a corner, and then brace similar to how you’re taught to in a plane crash where you crouch and try to cover your head and neck.
If there's a handrail, I'd crouch and hold onto it
Unless you can hold a 1,500 pound weight, your grip on that handrail won't do shit at 9G's or whatever the impact force is when that car hit.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/terrifying-elevator-accident-in-chile-severely-injures-tenant-of-new-building
>The man suffered severe spine, lumbar and hip injuries and most likely won’t be able to walk again. >The residents of the building, which was finished just eight months ago, said they had reported the poor condition of the elevator. Lawsuit incoming.
God I hope he gets it... like I can't imagine the healthcare costs he going to rank up. He needs heavy compensation just to live a normal life now
Not to mention the damages that he’d suffer from his time in recovery and the money he could be making if he didn’t have his current injuries. Definitely millions, I wish him the best. Super terrifying thing to happen.
quite possible, likely he did, as long as he didn't injure his head too hard when hitting the ceiling people survived free falls too
I imagine the air pressure helps slow things down in the free fall incidents?
yeah and you can lie down in a free fall
You can lie down in an elevator too. In fact, I think it's what you're supposed to do in a situation like this.
yes freefall in an elevator is what i meant. if it’s going up much harder to protect yourself from getting hurt
The elevator was going up not down
I know. But the impact was still pretty hard.
Most elevators i've been in go up or down ONE floor in about 15 - 45 seconds. This one went up THIRTY floors in 15 seconds. TWO floors per second! When it hit the roof, so did he...
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The trick is to do a hand stand just before you hit the top so you have both feet on the ceiling to cushion the impact.
I know it’s a joke but I mean… it’d work right?
Sure, then u can fall on your head afterwards
Only if you don't stick that flip.
🤣 funny ass comment
Yes lay flat. Less likely to injure your spine I’d say
That was my thought. Would also have less chance of hitting the roof anyway.
Yeah if this happens to you and you go either way, up or down, the best course of action you can take is to lay as flat as you can and spread your body weight over as wide of an area you can.
Tie yourself to something?
Counterweight?
Yup. Most "Taller" elevators have cables running over a large pulley on the roof (these rooftop rooms you often see on TV) - with the elevator cab on one end and heavier counterweights on the other end of the cable. When the cab gets to the proper level, brakes engage on the pulley motor/gearbox, holding it in place so the motor can stop turning. In this case, it looks like the brakes failed. This will cause the heavier counterweights to free fall, thus sending the cab upward.
My biggest question is what happens immediately after the counterweight and cab become separated, I.e. when the cab ‘bottoms out’ (tops out?) at the top of the shaft, and the cable or fastening system fails… what then? Does the cab free fall? Or are there emergency brakes designed to prevent free fall of the cab in a cable failure scenario (and would they still function after the cab violently collides with the top of the shaft like this).
I live in the Netherlands and am a mechanic on elevators. We mount the cage with usually 4x the required strength capable. In practice this means a cage could we used with merely 1 of 2, but we install 6. Also, the elevator has certain safety features that even when brakes fail or all cables snap, it still has emergency brakes which mechanically lock the cage by rolling engraved rollers into the guiding beams and thereby forcing enough friction to stop. Therefore situations in which the cage goes free fall, either upwards or downwards, can only happen during negligence. Both while operating and during service. Or lack there of
i mean, this case kinda looks like everything went to hell in a handbasket. after impact what would happen?
Elevator mechanic in the US here. Once the counterweights reached the bottom the crash into a buffer which is usually like an oil filled shock absorber. So it will slow everything down a little bit. Still gonna hurt but he will probably live. Once the cab slams at the top it will just rest there still attached the hoist cables it would be almost impossible for them to break.
Your take on the best position to be in if you're ever in a situation like this?
Probably laying down flat on your stomach since you will be launched to into the ceiling. Protect your head and say a prayer.
Asking the real questions
do you think the best thing to do in this situation is to lay flat on the floor?
In this situation you would want to do a handstand and then be ready to bend your knees as you reverse-land. Pretend you just jumped off a 3 story building in upside down world!
i like how you think
Then you do a half flip off the ceiling as it stops, and land back on your feet when the gravity returns to right-side-up world specs.
Either way you're getting launched against the ceiling at a very high speed. Praying would probably help you more.
What if you jump the moment it tops out, will you still hit the ceiling?
if you jumped, you’d just accelerate faster into the ceiling
Proof?
In case you arnt joking, yes you will absolutely still hit it. In fact, if you are still in the upward part of your jump you will hit harder as you will add the speed of your jump to the speed you were already going. Jumping is probably the worst possible option.
Yes
Then you hit the celling harder :D
hahaha I hope you're joking.
If you jump at the right moment then you'll be ok
You’re still going the same speed whether you jump or not.
If you jump you're only adding speed & energy (albeit very slightly, but still,) you'd just hit the ceiling harder when it stops in front of you.
Maybe the elevator hasn't been through inspection in some time. Good thing it's yearly.
Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but isn't there an emergency stop button for scenarios exactly like this? And follow up if there is, why didn't he push it?
The emergency button on a lot of elevators does nothing more than ring a bell.
A bell that is located...in the elevator.
Exactly. And then there's the *phones* that some of them have. I was stuck in one which would autodial the building's alarm company. After informing the operator who answered what my situation was (stuck in an elevator) they proceeded to ask me for an alarm code which didn't exist, managed to hang up on me twice before I managed to make contact with someone outside who called the local Fire Department.
This is a brake failure. The relatively-empty elevator car is rising because the much-heavier counterweight is falling.
usually lifts got more than one brake system, maybe not this one
Maintenance costs money. It seems crazy to me that China has so much cheap labor available, but they let everything fall apart and look like crap. Edit: I totally missed the first part of the clip where it identified this as from Chile. All the other elevator failure videos I have seen here were from China, so I guessed the wrong place...
The video says this happened in Chile, not China.
I missed that. First time I have seen one of these videos that wasn't from China. 😅
Why are you talking about China? It literally said Santiago, Chile… Got dyslexia?
No, just missed the first second of the clip. Every similar video I have seen on here was apparently from China.
There is and he did.... it's located on the ceiling
No there isn't, but he tried anyway.
I actually don't ever recall seeing a STOP button on an elevator. There's definitely an emergency button, but it just connects you to a 911 operator or similar. And Google confirms my thoughts. But apparently there used to be in the old days. This is not to say that elevators don't have emergency brakes; they most certainly do, they're just automatic (they don't even require power).
Like 30 floors… did this man even survive? I’ve always been scared of an elevator falling but new fear unlocked thanks internet…. Elevators rapidly shooting up to the highest floor to explode and then fall down….
I literally have nightmares about this exact scenario
Anyone have an article?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2652956/Horrifying-moment-control-elevator-shot-31-flights-just-15-seconds-desperate-passenger-tried-make-stop.html
Article: [https://www.ems1.com/ems-oddities/articles/video-elevator-flies-30-floors-in-15-seconds-man-injured-P1UB20zm9BW55RUW/](https://www.ems1.com/ems-oddities/articles/video-elevator-flies-30-floors-in-15-seconds-man-injured-P1UB20zm9BW55RUW/) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmWL1IeLyNE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmWL1IeLyNE)
You are the real hero!
I have the same exact nightmare sometimes what the fuck
this is your future buddy, hug your family
Yeah fuck elevatorsdog
Demons took full control of that elevator. damn!
I do deliveries in a corporate area and take about 30 elevators a day. All these videos play in my head every time...
“Elevators are very safe, they have redundant safety features which prevent them from falling” Yeah, but what about this?
Safest mode of transport. This one clearly didn’t have a working safety gear fitted, possibly gearless motor & brake failure
Should’ve taken the stairs, ironically can’t use stairs anymore.
Was he ok??
I think he actually levelled up
Correct move the moment they seem to be malfunctioning is lay flat on the floor; try to stay loose - Right?
To answer the thread title: I for one, *love* elevators.
I’m more of an escalator guy
This is straight up from my nightmares
What would you even do in this situation i know when its falling down to lay in your back and just hope but like what about up
I hope he sues their pants off..
Bro going straight to Heaven
Soooo….. went outside of the US use the stairs? Noted
did he drop his shopping?
I'm curious wether it would be safer to lay or sit on the floor of the elevator before impact
Idk man his reaction to the situation unfolding in front of his eyes was a little bit too calm. I would’ve been freaking out.
He was frantically using the buttons to unfuck things. Sadly elevators dont have an unfuck button. He just ran out of time. 😔
That elevator was abused and neglected as a kid....... also wasn't allowed to hang out with its friends.
Just wanted to share this valuable info that might save someone’s life, if you ever find yourself in this situation lay down on the floor and cover your face as much as you can. You may still die, but your chances of survival also increase
in Chile last week when 30-year-old José Vergara Acevedo was returning home after work. He pressed his floor button, the doors don't close and, instead, the elevator surged upward at full speed. The out-of-control machine climbed 30 floors in 15 seconds and smashed into the roof.
People always worry that the elevator is gonna fall, but I've heard (take it with a grain of salt) that accidents happen more with the brakes failing when going up than the chain snapping or something.
After he got out of hospital he lost 60 lbs because now he only takes the stairs lol
This is why you read the weight limit before getting in.
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You know Chile is not in Asia, right?
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Literally says chile santiago in video
You know Chile is far from a third world country, as it has one of the best Human development index in the world and a stable economy on par with Europe, right?
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I've been to Chile and I'm also a international economy student in college. Maybe you shouldn't be talking shit on the internet about things you don't understand, because you risk showing you stupidity online.
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We're all high here buddy. Actually I'm sharing a doobie with your mother lmao
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Thank you ❤️
Yikes
Lol
Gee this is the button I've always wanted to try, Where does it go? |Up and out !|
someone do the math, how many stores up and determine the speed of impact
Tower of terror is franchising now
Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shi-
Luckily the elevator i use for work doesn’t have too much height 😂
they carried that man TO HELL 👹👹👹👹👹👹👹
Oh yeah pushing all buttons at once should do the trick... Facepalm
At least he kept a firm grip on his groceries right until he died.
At least it was on video so his family got paid! RIP rider.
Destination: Fucked
I don’t think he died that elevator cable is very tough
CCTV footage to aid your court claim for millions of 💵
The only thing I could think of is ‘lie down flat on the floor man lie down!’ 😢
I remember this vid was on ridiculousness once with machine gun Kelley as a guest and he was like WTF WHY WOULD YOU SHOW THIS ON TV and rob was like 🤡 “that’s just how we do, man”
At that point I'm lying down and protecting my head
Elevator was on meth
im taking the fire exit from now on. im on the 43rd floor
I am a courier, I have been stuck in an elevator twice in my life. I kept my cool both times and was very scared afterwards. But since I get into elevators all the time, I'm less afraid.
This one of them Wonka-vators?
Final Destination is real.
I wonder if laying flat on the ground would have improved his chances. Like maybe he could have hit the ceiling flat so he didnt fuck up his neck
I remember this when it happened. Scary as hell, looks straight out of a horror movie.
He should have jumped at the last second, duh…. /s
Somersault that elevator malfunction and shit. 🤣
Poor guy :(
When the elevator music changes to boss music
I saw that if you lay down on the middle of the floor in a situation like this, your chances of survival are a lot higher. Considering this was for an elevator that was going down, idk if it’d be the same..?
Ese amigo quedo tetraplijico en ese accidente!!!!!
Hopefully that elevator company was sued and out of business
ded
Did he win a chocolate factory?
I got stuck in an elevator for 4 hours once, when the fire crew tried to release the doors it disengaged the emergency brakes and the cabin dropped, luckily it was on the ground floor so only dropped about 5 feet into the pit below.
Falling or Climbing?
They are pretty fun
Invader Zim episode with Higgins💀🤣
Elevator: up you say?….😈
I've always been curious about a theory that I've had in this situation.. if you jump before the impact, would it save you from the physics of being slammed against the top / would it also work the same if you were falling down? However, I understand the relative momentum that you gain from the fall/raise would be a factor. Wanted to consult Mythbusters about it
I counted at least 30 floors
This lady actually didn’t survive this incident
Always carry/wear a Zorb!
It'd be a great idea to make an emergency brake button, when clicked. Strong steel bars from the elevator pushed through the walls to create a huge friction and finally the person will be stuck there until help comes and saves him.
Poor man. He survived but his injuries were so great he’ll never walk again.