Led by newly elected Chairwoman Dr. Marja-Liisa Siikonen, CEO of MLS Lift Consulting, ELEVCON 2023, the 23rd International Congress on Vertical-Transportation Technologies, is planned at the Grandior Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 20-22. The event provides elevator engineers and other vertical-transportation (VT) professionals with an opportunity to meet, network, exchange ideas and learn…
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A male airline passenger with restricted mobility (PRM) died after falling down an escalator at Gatwick Airport near London on June 15, and an investigation is underway, Independent reports. He was one of three PRMs who an aviation logistics staff member was trying to help disembark an arriving plane, but apparently “decided to make […]
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[…] to the hospital by ambulance. A report from Press Trust of India confirms one day earlier, at a factory in central Delhi’s Kamla Market, a 29-year-old man died following an elevator malfunction. Police suspect the lift descended at a high speed and suddenly stopped, causing a head injury to the victim. An initial investigation […]
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[…] 04:17 and 7.6 in Elbistan district at 13:24 caused devastation in Kahramanmaraş, Hatay, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Adana, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Malatya and Kilis. More than 45,000 people have died and more than 100,000 have been rescued from the rubble as a result of the two devastating back-to-back earthquakes. The earthquakes caused heavy damage in 10 […]
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[…] everyone, Another disaster has befallen our country. We have lived through, and will continue to live through, the indescribable earthquake disaster in which thousands of our citizens died, tens of thousands were injured and hundreds of thousands were left homeless. We pray for Allah’s mercy for those who have passed away, for a speedy […]
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An employee of a five-star hotel in Sector 17 in Chandigarh, India, died after an elevator allegedly malfunctioned on the property, The Times of India reports. The employee was washing a mirror next to a glass elevator in the reception area but then entered the lift on the ground floor. When the elevator started […]
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A 15-year-old boy died on February 12 after being trapped in an elevator shaft at a factory in Delhi, India, India Today was among outlets to report. According to reports, the boy was working near the elevator when he accidentally slipped and got trapped in the elevator shaft on the second floor. He got […]
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A construction worker plummeted to his death at a Ridgewood, Queens, New York, building site on April 6, the Forest Hills Post is among outlets to report. The 45-year-old man from Newark, New Jersey, fell down an elevator shaft while on the job at a 17-story development. The decedent was moving material, believed to be…
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[…] the event of a war with Germany. The year was not yet done with its major events. In the spring, Frances de Berkeley Parsons developed pneumonia and died at home. Harry and his two adult children — Katharine and her brother — remained in the house for a few more years, but sold it […]
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[…] in elevator control system design and innovation. However, the VT future hinted at in these systems, particularly as represented by Corridor Control, was never fully realized. White died unexpectedly on October 3, 1957, at the age of 54. Had he lived, it seems likely that he would have continued to perfect his unique dispatching […]
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