12.01.2016

Lucky suspended platform escape

Two men had a lucky escape yesterday after one side of a suspended platform gave way while working at a height of around 250 metres.
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A motor and brake failure is said to have caused this incident

The two were cleaning windows at somewhere around the 70th storey of the Chase Bank building when one of the hoist motors failed - and one assumes its brake and fail safe system - in downtown Houston. They were trapped for almost half an hour, before firefighters were able to remove the glass from a window in the 71st floor and bring them in.
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The platform dropped one side but held firm on the other

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A window had its glass removed in order to rescue the stranded men