Rush Hour Chaos: Escalator Malfunction Causes Major Accident in Beijing’s Subway Station
No one realized how dangerous escalator failures could be until the Tuesday morning accident in Beijing, which injured 28 and killed one teenage boy. The ascending escalator at the Beijing Zoo Station, subway Line 4, came to a sudden halt and reversed directions. Apparently, it not only reversed directions but also shifted to “free-fall” speed,
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Rush Hour Chaos: Escalator Malfunction Causes Major Accident in Beijing’s Subway Station
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