Another escalator managed to scare the shit out of people when one of its steps broke at Gateway Ekamai Saturday. The broken escalator forced shoppers to run up the stairs to avoid getting their legs chopped off. (It was maybe not as dramatic as that but it would make us run for our lives).
Just two weeks after an escalator broke into pieces at Wongsawang Town Center, this escalator on the first floor of Ekamai Gateway was also inducted into the Hall of Escalator Fail when its step broke and the whole thing abruptly stopped, forcing a crowd of confused shoppers to walk back up the stairs.
Gateway Ekamai responded on Facebook that the escalator only experienced some technicalities, which triggered the safety switch to shut down the escalator and no one was injured.
“We would like to confirm that there were no collapses or crumpling of escalators as reported in the news,” the statement said. “There were no injuries and the shoppers were not affected by this incident.”
Still, that sharp edge is pretty terrifying.
The mall added it checks all of the escalators monthly. OTIS, the manufacturing company responsible for the service and maintenance of the escalators, has fixed the escalator in question.
It’s now rolling again.
Photos: Gateway Ekamai, Pone Poyepoloye
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