Man injured in out-of-control elevator crash -- caught on tape
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2014
- Caught on Tape: A man is seriously injured after an out of control elevator in Santiago, Chile, shoots up 31 flights in 15 seconds and crashes into the roof. (No Audio)
I always imagined a crashing elevator crashing down not up
Smashing into literally millions of pieces
It would only crash down if it was overloaded or the ropes broke. The counterweight is as heavy as a half-loaded car.
What caused this elevator to suddenly make a ballistic climb?
Adam Ahmed cables breaking does not cause an elevator to crash nowadays, most elevators are on rails, especially ones that can go as fast as the one you saw in the video, if the cables break, it will brake on the rails and just be stuck
HerobrineDoesMinecraft 123 brake failure, ironically
This is the shit where something like this often happens in your own dreams but this ... damn.
Tell me about it! i had a nightmare like this once.
Ryuji West
me to
Westley West me too
ayo this been my recurring nightmare for ages
im gonna take the stairs
Why plis like me use elevator And Say fun to stuck
Me too
😅
Same
This elevator doesn't have a bi-directional govenor that protects form overspeeding in both directions. because what happened is the elevator brakes failed, then the elevator shoots up because the weight in the car is lighter than the counterweight. And since it has a downwards govenor only. It can't stop the elevator in the upwards direction. making it crash into the roof.
Please explain to me if the elevator has one protection overspeed governor only for down
Dam
@@sultanayman7268 wot
Part of that is true. The brakes do not stop the elevator in motion, the controller is responsible for slowing down the stopping the motor, the brakes are there to hold the elevator on the desired floor. The brakes did not fail, they weren't engaged at all, this was a controller malfunction, it shut down before it had a chance to stop the elevator first, and you are right about the weight difference and lack of a dual-direction governor
BRO HE GOING TO UP UP UP UP UP UP UP UP 0:41
Well, that escalated quickly...
*Groaning Upvote*
Elevated*
This is why I like taking the stairs
Wow.
Somehow, I will learn to throw a tomato at you through the internet.
That's so scary. Poor dude. I'd be screaming
He never set his groceries down.
Shut up 😡😊
He's so lucky he got on and got in right when he did. That would have crushed him if he was between the wall and door. There is a video of that too.
there are a few!
Conclusion : the stairs are good for health
Leon HD This happens only in China.
Valken This one is from chille
well, he is now unable to walk 😢 so idk how lucky he was
31 flights in 15 seconds, what a world record to be set
that's 12 mph.
I was wondering if he was on the 1032nd floor! 😳
Poor this guy.. no one deserves pain.
Your comment is just........ like..
your comment feels so ai generated lmao
@@awkwardfreakinperson7936CZcams users when they see someone expressing their emotions
@@YourLocalUkrainianGerman it’s bc of how they worded it lmao
Grow up. This is life. It's going to hurt
This is why you shouldn't press the Up and Out button
Timothy Shek HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
*pun intended*
It was also reported that the elevator was going at a speed of 50 or 51 miles per hour.
UP AND OUT!!!! 😂
Everything is wrong with that elevator. The brakes failed, the door opened while it was going up, it went up way too fast, the floor shows 14 when the guy comes in from ground level 1 and lastly camera is spelled "camara" on the lower left!
"camara" because it's a Chilian elevator. Even CCTV speaks spanish in Chile....
Yes I agree with you. Only one thing though, this was in Chile, and Spanish for camera is cámara.
Totally agree! This elevator is a nightmare...Seems that all securities were bypassed!
3ggt3 Axpers Kharabakhic es? The brakes didn't fail, it was the motors failsafe. Basically the engine in an elevator works as a regulator, its the counter-weight that (usually) does the lifting, in this case since the regulator was broken, the counter-weight started falling, pulling the elevator up. Theres a very secure failsafe for a falling elevator that expands and hits the walls bringing the elevator to a screeching halt, however this mechanism doesn't work the other way around.
An elevator with this sort of failure is usually due to a multiple safe system failure. Most likely unmaintained. Even in a free motor scenario the system controller should be aware of the speed and location of the car. A govenor, which monitors rate of travel off the counterweight, even should it fail should apply the motor break to prevent upward free fall. The break didn't completely fail as it held the car but released prematurely, and there was no motor to take it downward which was the direction the car should have been going. Yea, a cascading failure.
They've cut out the bit where the elevator lands safely at the front entrance of the chocolate factory!
Rob Fraser Really??? Why you're in every video I see??!!
illomenate
+Bug Craft when you can't spell illuminati
Do you think this is funny? He might not have survived.
Luan Loud he survived. He was in critical condition though. He’s doing better now
That's the essential meaning of dark joke....it absolutely makes fun of human existence
My worse nightmare.
He should get a fucking clue after the 2nd time.
+Temp Derp roflmao this comment made me laugh so hard.
all 3 of them died the same way .. poor brothers
no
it repeats 3 times
Văn Dũng Bùi 🤣🤣🤣
@@vandungbui5610 r/woooosh
Văn Dũng Bùi, were u bullied as a kid
lol
I think I'll take the stairs...
I saw a same dream but elevator in my dream went up so far that it broke the ceiling and fallen into nearby lake where I got drown with my best friend and we were inside the lift while it was drowning. I saw that dream 30 mins ago and here I am watching lift accident videos. That was so much pressure on my heart.
And this morning I had a dream that I saw a city mall's lift went down,up and down,up and down and crashed ( I WAS LEGIT GONNA GO IN )
WAIT I had the same dream like yours with my best friend but I didn't drown I survived
I had a dream today and i was in a elavator it went to a weird floor 100th floor and it started crashing and on the top it said your stuck here forever
he was lucky its not going down...he had to lie down and hope that he will survive.
He was 31 years old, and went to the 31st floor. The building wanted him.
I feel bad for him bro did nothing but got food for his family and almost died to the elevator
Had a nightmare like this last night and it’s happened multiple times and my family sometimes has similar dreams about lifts. Usually the dream ends at the point of impact with the ceiling but sometimes I reset and the dream continues it’s really weird and scares me all the time
Bro i cant be sure but i saw a spirit sky or something before he died
Weird I literally had a dream I was in a free falling elevator and was at peace about it and just closed my eyes and relaxed then woke up and though no I wasn't relaxed freaked me out that's why I'm looking all this up now
@@salemayari2456 he didn’t die
In Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory this happened but he busted open the glass ceiling 🤯
I had crazy dreams about elevators too
This man travelled about 30 levels in 15 seconds, since he is holding grocery, i take into account he is coming back to his home which would make this elevator a residential building elevator meaning the height should be one of standard appartment building (8 foot 6 inch). With this information we can calculate that he travelled 255 feet since 8-1/2x30 = 255 feet in 15 seconds.
Dividing the amount of seconds in an hour (3600) by the amount of seconds it took (15) gives us a multiplication factor of 240X. Finally, 255 feets is a distance of 0.04829545 in miles, if we multiply this number by 240 we get 11.590908 miles an hour.
This man was going barely 12 miles an hour and got injured but it looks to us as if it was moving way faster.
Thanks for your work ☺️
Not everyone uses miles. In asia we use kilometer 😑😑
Bro, its highest speed was around 80kmh. Acceleration exists mate
@@KaTyJPAmerican channel, so miles per hour.
12 mph is plenty fast to cause serious injury.
Try running your bike into a wall & c.
Counterweighted (Traction) elevators fall up, not down if there is uncontrolled "Drifting" due to a number of factors. The reason they "Fall up" is that the counterweights weigh 40% to 50% more than the empty car weighs. This difference is to allow the cab/counterweight to be closer to balanced once passengers get in.
The brakes are also bad on that thing
@@priyasingh9915this is not related to brakes or counter weights. At 0:13 the floor indicator and the selected floor lights go blank. This indicates an error in the lifts controller and chaos strikes. Probably a IC on the board short circuited or went bad which was responsible for the electromagnetic emergency brakes and the gate switch. Since it was a fairly new apartment and lift it should have a bi directional governor.
This is why the speed limiter and safety breake never should work through the logical board(s).
you must be a engineer
This is why maintenance should be strict. It seems more that they disabled safety features because the elevator stopped very often.
Why? because it slips, when it slips the elevator normally registers this and stops everything, if this happens often some people just disable the safety features.
Well maintained elevators with working safety don't act like this they just stop.
logic board are reliable, unless you don't replace them after a few years. Trying to fix board with diy stuff isn't a sollution.
What Design is this dman
It's probably brake failure and not safety circuit being controlled by software
I just made a count... the elevator passed at least thirty-two floors in only 10 seconds! How fast it was!
吳明世 I Counted its 31
@@iu7yv6tc it wasnt a big deal and you did all the calculations also the comment you replied to was made 2 years ago
@@iu7yv6tc I think your confused comment on a more resent video if you want people to see your comment
@@iu7yv6tc I dont think so
@@iu7yv6tc why are you so mean btw you need some manners
Go figure, it crashed speeding up rather than dropping as you would expect which was more dangerous. Imagine if at the top it then fell?? Hope the poor guy is OK..
Thats the elevator from hell
Elevator possessed by the Devil🙃
Trust me, you shouldn’t worry about an elevator free-falling...
If he were to lie down on the elevator floor, can his injuries be minimalised compared to him standing during the crash?
seems like anything would have minimized his injuries as opposed to standing still with groceries in hand lol
The car stopped abruptly and would've sent him flying, so unless he's an acrobat, he's not gonna land on his feet
I have read that also, that if you lie on your back you can minimize your injuries. Not sure how it works.
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Stairs are looking good these days.
OMG, then the doors open to let him see how fast he is going!
I have never used elevators much in the past. I am really kinda scared seeing these videos and having experienced doors closing unexpectedly in my personal experience for the last two days. 😢
This is why I don't trust myself being in elevators
You know his heart was beating fast af
Just a question. What specifically caused the elevator to make a ballistic climb?
It happened for me when I was 5 years old, I cried horrible, but i survived.
Whaaaa how badly injured did you get?
man I'm so glad we have small buildings in the UK
this is why im scared of elevators
watching the video it looks like the safety brakes failed which caused the elevator to climb not fall (like you would expect) as elevators have a counter weight which can weigh up to the weight of a half loaded lift car so the counter weight pulls the car to the top of the lift shaft. most modern lifts also use electromagnetic brakes which under normal operation hold the car in position at the floor level even if the power fails which obviously failed in this video for some reason. they also have a mechanical device called a speed governor which automatically applies the emergency brakes if the lift should go over it's designed speed for any reason.
This overspeed governor is not bi-directional which is why it didn’t trip.
the lift brakes are not power dependent. a power failure will not cause this.
this is only caused by a mechanical failure.
99% of lift brakes work on spring tension. so they are "electrically fail safe".
the power releases the brake against spring tension when the lift drives normally. if power fails, the brake will not release. SIMPLE
This looks like some sort of cutscene in a horror game.
Your Image is like my sis backround
I'm sure he owns the building now! PAID!!!
He will go straight to heaven
Lmfaoo
Bro press a button like a phone
The lift is probably not equipped with an uphill overspeed locking system. The counterweight acted as a tractor without the engine being able to counteract the movement, likely causing the belts to slip. The opening of the doors was inexplicable, physically impossible with the cabin moving
My anxiety during this📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈
This reminds of those scary dreams I have about lifts ( Elevators) not stopping it really creeps me out Xx
I literally have constant dreams about getting in an elevator and this happens but im plummeting down. Very freaky
+SweetlyToxic73 Falling down is almost impossible. Falling up is more likely, but it still practically never happens. For both of those things, a number of things have to go wrong.
Don't worry. This is extreamly rare and only happens in sketchy areas in China and some other rough contries where lifts are not maintained properly.
same i googled the dream meaning of this and was shocked and afraid now how true it is
I've had nightmares like this, except the elevator is going down and not up.
what do you do in cases like this? do you lay flat on the floor??
This is an Elevator UP-Crash
One of the scariest nightmares I used to have as a kid
Who also here after watching nelks video on ig?
full send
*New Phobia Unlocked!*
The counterweight weighs more than the car. Elevator cars don't fall. They rocket upward out of control if the brakes fail.
unless the lift car has load in it, come on people!!.
they dont "rocket up" if they are on a "geared" machine. only gearless!! and gearless is protected by "dynamic braking" within the drive unit.
unless you work within the industry you wouldnt know
When pushing elevator buttons actually makes it go faster….
See, this is why I don't ride elevators, I always take the stairs for this exact reason
Damn, I just read that he suffered severe injuries and was paralysed for life.
Where’d you here this one from, or are you just fishing for likes?
There’s only info saying he got bad head and leg injuries
It's an example of example of Newton's first law of motion - A body in motion wanted to be in motion unless and until an external force applied on it
What specifically malfunctioned?
On 7 June 2014, in Santiago, Chile, a (possibly ThyssenKrupp) elevator went up at a catastrophic speed (31 floors in just 15 seconds). Its floor indicator only showed "--", and the buttons didn't respond. The man inside, José Vergara Acevedo, 31, was seriously injured.
Things like this could be avoided if the design was such that the counter weight hit bottom before the elevator reached the top of the shaft.
Deven Dietrich It's kind of strange you would assume that such a design would not entail providing enough room for the elevator to stop....
Deven Dietrich I don't know what you are talking about. Have you seen some bad engineering where you are?
That's why the elevator cant be over wound through the shaft top - the counter weight bottoms out first. Also the winding motor cannot snap the cables by over winding because the cables will slip on the motor pully.
Techstar it more or less is design like that the momentum will keep carrying the elevator however.
Even if the counterwheight would stop first the lift will have picked up kinetic energy and would keep going for a few seconds.
Hell-evator
Heaven-elevator in any case
Watch hellevator by seventeen 🙂
Brake failure
Lack of unintended movement protection
Lack of overspeed governor
Freefalls upwards due to counterweight
Loses position and thinks it’s not moving and opens doors
Crashes into roof
That kind of makes me glad I don't have an elevator in my super old building, even though I live on the 4th floor... But then, my poor brother lives on the 7th floor and had his elevators replaced only last year, after 40 years!!!! of usage.
Don't worry. This is extreamly rare and only happens in sketchy areas in China and some other rough contries where lifts are not maintained properly.
Yep. I live on the 6th floor and im as happy as i can get rn. 🤣
thankfully I live on the first floor
@@nelsonahlvik6650this video is literally from Chile
China lives rent free in your head huh lol
@@tristan6509 yes, I know this video is from Chile. I used China as an example, as that is where you most often hear this happening (not in the center of big cities though, only in the more rural run-down areas, so if you travel there you shouldn't worry about riding the lifts in the big cities), but this can happen anywhere IF a lift is not regularly maintained. Though if you live in a first-world country than most lifts are well-maintained and you will be fine 99% of the time.
If you're ever in an elevator that does that, up or down, lay on the floor with your hands behind your head. That way all your weight is distributed as much as possible and your chances of a concussion are reduced by your hands as a cushion.
new fear unlocked...
Wait, hold up, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory showed me that the elevator would crash thru the roof and begin to fly...My childhood was a lie! Thanks Willie!
Man I’m not even scared of elevator accidents anymore I’ve been into so many... thank god I’ve quick instincts that get me into action asap
the door closed fast though
and the inside door shows the horror
Poor man
Prayers to this guy.
that was horrible
This is why more modern elevators have an emergency speed trip while going up as well.
I had nightmares like this before
That escalated quickly
Thankful he survived
Teacher: If your elevator is falling down lay down and relax
My situation:
He crashed through the ceiling Willy Wonka style!
That's a proper "0 to 100 real quick"
i hope he was okay
He passed away
Hope he's doing well now.
Poor man's space shuttle !
Something seems fishy to me about this video...if you slow it down, you can cleary see there is no landing space between floors.
Pleas explain why and how it happened, Technically, and in this case the responsibility , under whom?
Brake failure
Lack of unintended movement protection
Lack of overspeed governor
Freefalls upwards due to counterweight
Loses position and thinks it’s not moving and opens doors
Crashes into roof
Today i almost called 911 because of the elevator going crazy. Now I am NEVER going into one again
oh my gosh.😮😮😮😮😮 i sure hope that guy is okay.
the counterweights are usually as heavy as a half loaded cab so probably the breakes failed due to poor maintanance.
I hope that never happens to anyone else
This is why I practice handstands in high G environments
It seems both Landing and Car door electrical contact were bypasses by mechanic ...Overspeed sensor doesn't work
This is my worst nightmare as a kid!
Dude owns the building now
just the way he keeps hold of his bags just shows hes determined to slow it down lool
proof cameraman never dies:
My question is...if it hits the roof of the shaft hard enough, it's POSSIBLE for a 600 pound motor to come flying down through the ceiling crushing you? Then ultimately falling to the bottom of the shaft....🤔
Dude the model of the lift in the vid (thyssenkrupp HP61) isn’t MRL, it has a machine room. I’m not sure why you think that every lift including the tallest ones are machine room-less.
people who dont know lifts, do not know what mrl is. and why would they?
@@elevator_satellitethat is NOT a thyssenkrup, it is generic Chineese lift.
yes it's chinese thyssenkrupp 👍
"The elevator fell up"
This s why I never use a elevator in my holy life
Welp, i ain’5 using one in m6 entire life now, t8me to work out those legs
Well, this is basically a willy wonka elevator but for death
😂
You think he'll ever go in an elevator again?
Imagine being high af, going out to get some food and walking into this final destination death trap 😮. Hopefully he was able to sue and get a check fatter than him 💯
I'd probably scream " reincarnate me , this is not an honorable death !"
I feel super bad for him
25 years ago I was afraid from the snake in toilet video, now this. :)