Sugarloaf Chairlift Accident

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Re: Sugarloaf Chairlift Accident

skimore
It states the bullwheel brake operated properly. Is that amount of rollback considered normal? It then goes on to state that an operator activated manual control for the brake
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Re: Sugarloaf Chairlift Accident

Snowballs
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After reading the article, it sounds like Sno was correct.

snoloco wrote
 Maybe it's because Borvig made bad lifts (there's a reason why Intrawest sent VVGG's to the scrap heap),
Hard to believe redundancy failed so far down the " back-up " sequence.
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Re: Sugarloaf Chairlift Accident

Jamesdeluxe
They're blaming it on a faulty switch.
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Re: Sugarloaf Chairlift Accident

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3 other things had to fail before it came down to a bad design on the switch

The legal sharks are probably circling
if You French Fry when you should Pizza you are going to have a bad time
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