Zand
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/s...ng-caught-in-chairlift/ar-BB102phJ?li=BBnbfcL
Sounds pretty unpleasant.
Sounds pretty unpleasant.
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Why would the seat not have been down in the first place? I thought those things were tied down pretty good to the frame, unless it was a broken strap and lift maintenance failed to notice it.
Easy mistake for the skier, less obvious than the orange tape I was oblivious to. Greek flips them up at night on their quad, flips them down in the morning. They probably just missed one.So, the chair came around flipped up, the lifty didn’t notice or just went with it, and the skier decided not to say anything and ride the chair anyway? Just sounds weird.
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Easy mistake for the skier, less obvious than the orange tape I was oblivious to. Greek flips them up at night on their quad, flips them down in the morning. They probably just missed one.
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The big mistake was not saying anything.
Might be hard to day anything as you are falling through the opening being strangled by your jacket.
A wet ass sure beats being strangled to death.I don't understand what engineering purpose the chair flipping up serves other than making it easier to clear snow in the morning. After this horrible accident, you'd have to imagine the lawsuits will not only go after compensating this family for a life cut short, but also regulation changes to keep the seats fixed in place. Why leave things to chance for an error with a lifty not lowering the seat?
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I'd be curious to see the specific engineering study on that. Just how much less resistance they have in wind for seat up vs seat down. I mean for decades all chairlifts had wooden slats screwed in for seats.
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