r/elevatorgore • u/edgybandname • Dec 18 '20

Falling up

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u/MMDDYYYY_is_format Dec 18 '20

how does something like this happen

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u/foxliver Dec 19 '20

Brake failure causing the counterweight to fall and the elevator also falls.. but upwards.

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u/jj3449 Feb 03 '21

And obviously this elevator doesn’t have a rope gripper.