On 07-Aug-14 00:24, indoorflyer_at_msn.com [Indoor_Construction] wrote:
>
> Fortunately the brake stopped it before it hit bottom (I didn't know
> it had a brake) and except for a couple of minor injuries and near
> heart attacks all survived. Of course getting out of the mine was
> another problem which was solved by climbing through the working part
> of the mine.
>
>
I would have thought that for a brake, the elevator cabin should run on
rails, and I did not see any. Maybe it just rotated a bit while it fell,
until it turned enough to get stuck in the shaft... :-)
Seriously, I hope they get it fixed soon; we should be having the
European Championships in the mine in next April...
-Tapio-
Received on Wed Aug 06 2014 - 21:27:25 CEST
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