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Serious HK Escalators slso Rosak 17 injured, next time wear helmet gloves boots etc

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Escalator accident injures 17 in popular Mong Kok shopping mall in Hong Kong
Escalator accident injures 17 in popular Mong Kok shopping mall in Hong Kong
More than 17 people were injured on an escalator at Langham Place, Mong Kok. Photo: Handout/South China Morning Post

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Published: 7:00 PM, March 25, 2017
Updated: 7:34 PM, March 25, 2017

HONG KONG — A malfunction of one of Hong Kong's longest indoor escalators caused 17 people to be injured on Saturday (March 25).

The incident at the popular Langham Place in Mong Kok happened at 4pm, according to the South China Morning Post.

14 women and three men lost their balance and tumbled down the escalator after it suddenly traversed faster than usual, South China Morning Post reported, citing eyewitnesses.

旺角朗豪坊「通天梯」急停 17 人跌傷https://t.co/ZsjUmhik4B pic.twitter.com/mPE0Pgo6GR

— ㍿ ɹnoɟǝʌıɟǝuoʞl ☂ (@LK154) March 25, 2017

The emergency stop was activated and emergency workers scrambled to the scene.

A Hong Kong police spokesman told South China Morning Post that one man suffered a head injury and was warded at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

The shopping mall, completed in 2004, counts major brands as its tenants, such as Market Place by Jasons, Under Armour, and Bee Cheng Hiang.

There were no updates on the shopping mall's social media accounts.

This story is developing
 

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【Now新聞台】旺角朗豪坊商場發生扶手電梯急停事故,至少17人受傷。

從網上圖片可以看到,多名傷者倒臥在地下。

事發下午四時許,旺角朗豪坊商場一條扶手電梯突然急停,導致多人失去平衡。大批救護人員到場,將傷者送住醫院。

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Escalator was going ‘twice as fast’: witnesses describe accident at Hong Kong shopping mall that left 17 injured

Rescue workers rushed to Langham Place in Mong Kok after the one of longest indoor escalators in the city stopped and reversed at high speed on Saturday afternoon
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 25 March, 2017, 5:47pm
UPDATED : Saturday, 25 March, 2017, 8:40pm

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At least 17 people were injured in an escalator accident in a bustling Mong Kok shopping mall on Saturday afternoon.

Rescue workers rushed to Langham Place on Argyle Street after the one of longest indoor escalators in Hong Kong suddenly stopped and reversed direction at around 4pm Saturday.

Video footage obtained by the Post showed the 45-metre-long escalator quickly changed directions at high speed, causing people to fall and pile up at the base of the escalator.

In another video, some people could be heard screaming as others tumbled down the escalator. Others managed to grab the handrail and steady themselves.

Eyewitnesses said the 14 women and three men lost their balance and rolled down the escalator. A police spokeswoman said one man suffered a head injury and was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Langham Place is a HK$11 billion urban renewal project which was completed in 2004.

“I was going up the escalator, and it was like two times faster than normal,” a woman who injured her leg said at the scene.
I was going up the escalator, and it was like two times faster than normal
injured woman

Another woman said she saw the escalator increase speed during the accident, which lasted less than one minute.

“I heard people screaming...the escalator was going down but the speed accelerated,” the woman, who identified herself as Tina, said.

“People started to panic... and some fell down.”

She recalled that the same escalator had stopped for a few minutes earlier in the day, around noon.

Lau Kit-ying, who was eating at a nearby burger shop when the accident happened, said the speed of the escalator was around two or three times faster than normal.

“It was fast and people couldn’t respond immediately... more than 10 people piled up near the base of the escalator afterwards,” Lau said.

She said she saw a man laying on the floor, bleeding.

“I’m not sure if he was conscious, but a foreign man and a few mall staff helped stop his bleeding with a first aid kit,” she said.

“But most of the [injured] were young people and they stood up quickly afterwards... I’m glad that there wasn’t any elderly at that time,” she said.

Judy Chu, manager of a nearby dessert cafe, recalled the panic following the accident.

“Some people ran upwards. Some even jumped over to another escalator on the side,” Chu said.

Chung Chi-wai, assistant divisional officer of Tsim Sha Tsui fire station, said none of the injured had suffered broken bones and all were conscious.

“The escalator was moving up from the fourth floor to the eighth floor, but it suddenly moved backward and people lost balance,” Chung said.

A Langham Place spokeswoman said the escalator had passed a recent inspection on March 23, showing it was up to the safety standard. Annual inspections were carried out twice a year, while routine checks were done once every two weeks.

She said contractor Otis Elevator Company (HK) Limited had been asked to investigate the cause of accident, as the company was responsible for maintaining all the elevators in the shopping mall.

She added Langham Place was highly concerned about the accident and would offer assistance to victims and fully cooperate with any investigating government departments.

Redeveloped from what was known as the Mong Kok Six Streets, Langham Place stands as a flagship redevelopment project and a milestone in Hong Kong’s history of urban renewal. It boosts 1.8 million square feet of floor area comprising an intelligent office tower, a 665-room five-star hotel and a 15-level shopping mall, all held together by a glass atrium with a “digital sky roof.”

The project is a joint venture between the Urban Renewal Authority and local developer Great Eagle Holdings Limited.

The mall attracts more than 200,000 visitors each day. It has nearly 200 merchants.

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Spectacular! Got CCTV footage, the up going escalator suddenly reversed rapidly and until people pressed emergency stop. It is 83 meters going from 4th level straight up to 8th level in mall.

Insurance lao sai already.

https://hk.news.yahoo.com/video/朗豪坊扶手電梯急停事故-多人失足跌倒-121550873.html



朗豪坊扶手電梯急停事故 多人失足跌倒

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【Now新聞台】旺角朗豪坊商場發生扶手電梯急停事故,一條向上的扶手電梯突然轉向急速向下,導致多人失足跌倒,至少17人受傷。

從網上片段可以看到,朗豪坊商場四樓一條向上的扶手電梯突然轉向急速向下,導致多人失足跌倒,情況混亂。其後,有人按下緊急制,扶手電梯才停下來。

多名傷者倒臥在現場,救護員為傷者進行包紮。

警方表示,初步有至少17人受傷,有傷者要由擔架床送上救護車。

有目擊者指,受傷主要是年輕人,有人頭部受傷流血。

傷者分別送往伊利沙伯醫院及廣華醫院治理。

事發下午四時許,旺角朗豪坊商場四樓一條往上的扶手電梯向後退,導致多人失足跌倒。

朗豪坊商場樓高十五層,其中四樓有兩條全港最長、共達83米的通天梯,可直達八樓。

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So funny!

[video=youtube;og5nReHT3oI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og5nReHT3oI[/video]

[video=youtube;Kd1V_XiIOEk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd1V_XiIOEk[/video]
 

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I hope nobody tore their hymen.
nope, nothing was torn, only some shoe laces became untied, few pieces of lou poh pang got squashed, and some clits / testicles were slightly unhinged.
itu eskalator rosak dan gostan aja, and 17 orang jatuh on top of each other and were piled like kueh lapis..sup sup sui :p
 

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nope, nothing was torn, only some shoe laces became untied, few pieces of lou poh pang got squashed, and some clits / testicles were slightly unhinged.
itu eskalator rosak dan gostan aja, and 17 orang jatuh on top of each other and were piled like kueh lapis..sup sup sui :p

murahan g-bebas faraj akan menelan eskalator. :biggrin:
 

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Video of a fatal escalator accident :

[video=youtube;_B7-Zg7QmMA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B7-Zg7QmMA[/video]

sixbells991 commented :

About 25 years ago I worked in the steel industry, deaths by conveyor belts and mechanical chains like the film above were fairly well known. You would normally find the persons shoes about 20 meters from the accident, as the pressure from being compressed would shoot the blood out of their feet and knock their shoes surprisingly far away from their crushed body.
 
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