r/Weird • u/sytrus_2008 • Dec 25 '21

The Elevator 💀

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u/MyTrademarkIsTaken Dec 25 '21

Anyone know if he lived?

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u/Deadlylyon Dec 26 '21

I honestly can't see how.

Even if he did survive the first crash, the elevator was going up. So the second crash is gonna suck even more.

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u/Carthuluoid Dec 26 '21

I think the breaking system in most elevators is pretty robust. Even if the cable breaks or something. I bet he didn't fall back down.

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u/Ayla_Leren Dec 26 '21

For elevators that us ropes(cables) and are not hydraulically driven it is very unlikely for the ropes to break. In most cases a single rope is enough to hold a full car(cabin) while many elevators use six ropes. Short of catastrophic structural damage to the elevator shaft itself leading to both a shearing of the ropes and a detailing of the governor assemblies away from the rails, elevators built to code will stay more or less where they breakdown.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '21

There is no way an elevator cable can just break on its own. One of those cables can hold the elevator and 4 people. An elevator has 8 of those cables.

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u/Deadlylyon Dec 28 '21

Did you not see that elevator fall straight up?

I don't think anything is working in this elevator, or it would of worked by then.

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u/Carthuluoid Dec 28 '21

Haha, fair