Chairlift Looses All Control In Gudauri

The winter season can be lovely for those of us who love the snow and can stand the cold. It is a "winter person's" dream for snow to build up throughout the night so they can wake up to white blankets covering the ground. Some of us that love the winter season decide to spend the day and just walk around the city park enjoying the sights, where as some us that like sports, can't wait to take their snowboard or skis and hit the slopes. And for some of us, it's a favorite book and cuddled up next to the fire place and enjoying the views from indoors.Show more

This story however is bound to even give the biggest winter lover a bit of scare as this scene does happen to be very horrific as this chairlift just completely gets its wires mixed and starts acting as if it has a brain of its own. Its a perfect sunny day and an even better one to go out skiing and enjoy the wonders of the winter. But no one was expecting what was planed to be a wonderful getaway from the city to turn into such disturbing image.

A catastrophe at the resort in Gudauri. Negligence and error of the cable cars led to the breakdown of the chairlift in the opposite direction on the Sadzeli line. Numerous injuries of people who fell under the "meat grinder" from the collision of armchairs, fractures, and bruises of those who managed or guessed to jump off. It was possible to stop the cable car only after 1-2 minutes. Respondents arrived in place within 7-8 minutes. They removed and provided first aid to the victims with all those who stood in line."

Take a look as this video proves to show that machines can definitely be faulty at times and we must take steps in which to avoid further occurrences such as this one.