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[...] The escalators of the station caused a significant disaster on the Moscow Metro on February 17, 1982, that killed at least eight people. [...] https://en

by DenisM 8y ago

[...] The escalators of the station caused a significant disaster on the Moscow Metro on February 17, 1982, that killed at least eight people. [...] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviamotornaya_(Kalininsko%E2%80%93Solntsevskaya_line) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviamotornaya_(Kalininsko%E2%8...

freewilly1040 8y ago
It's a Mitch Hedberg joke
- hinkley 8y ago
  Quoting someone who died by misadventure when the subject is public safety is either tone deaf as hell or way more satirical than I’m prepared for on a Monday.
  - mikeash 8y ago
    He died of a drug overdose, nothing to do with escalators or stairs.
jpatokal 8y ago
That accident happened when the escalator was in motion when the mechanical failure occurred, and the brakes had been incorrectly installed. If it had been stopped and brakes correctly applied, the escalator would have functioned fine as stairs.