Five killed as Instagram-famous elevator plunges at luxury Bali resort

[Kamaji]

Five killed as Instagram-famous elevator plunges at luxury Bali resort

By Isabel Keane
Published Sep. 6, 2023

Five workers at a luxury resort in Bali plummeted to their deaths Friday when the cable supporting the hotel’s Instagram-famous glass elevator snapped, sending the employees plunging 300 feet down a ravine.

Two men and three women who were part of the housekeeping staff at the Ayuterra Resort were inside the elevator at about 1 p.m. when the cable snapped.

They have been identified as Kadek Hardiyanti, 24, Sang Putu Bayu Adi Krisna, 19, Ni Luh Supernigsih, 20, I Wayan Aries Setiawan, 23, and Kadek Yanti Pradewi, 19, all from Indonesia.

Two people died on impact, while three died later at the hospital.

The rope pulling the elevator was not strong enough, resulting in it snapping, Ubud Police Chief Police Commissioner Made Uder said, according to The Bali Sun.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/five-killed-as-elevator-plunges-at-luxury-bali-resort/

[Polly Ticks]

That's just horrifying.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Seems foolish not to have a fail safe braking mechanism.

[Kamaji]

Seems foolish not to have a fail safe braking mechanism.

Agreed.  AFAIK, on most elevators, the cable holding it up is attached to a braking mechanism so that if tension on the cable is relaxed, the brakes automatically kick in, and they've been that way for more than 100 years.  I guess they reverse-engineered that mechanism out of this elevator, or else it otherwise failed.

[Polly Ticks]

“The steel swing rope was not strong enough to pull the weight upwards, which was quite heavy, and the safety wedge or brake did not function, so the elevator slid downwards at high speed so this accident could not be avoided,” he said.

Authorities say they are investigating the cause of the accident, as well as why there were no secondary safety mechanisms in place to prevent the elevator from falling all the way down the shaft.

Sounds like a mess, all the way around. 

[Kamaji]

Sounds like a mess, all the way around. 

Yup.  Happens all too often in third-world countries that do not have sufficiently reliable regulation (e.g., elevator inspections by inspectors who are not corrupt).

[the OlLine Rebel]

Yup.  Happens all too often in third-world countries that do not have sufficiently reliable regulation (e.g., elevator inspections by inspectors who are not corrupt).

I second that view.

[berdie]

What a horrible nightmare. These folks had way too much time to think about what was happening.

When I worked, one of the high-rises we owned had a worker fall down the shaft of an elevator. He shouted "Call 911"....twice.