Advertisement
Advertisement
travelator
/ ˈtrævəˌleɪtə /
Example Sentences
A woman has been rescued after becoming trapped in a travelator - a moving walkway - in a Shanghai supermarket, an official has told Chinese state TV.
The woman's lower body fell through the faulty travelator, which had a missing floor plate, last Thursday.
Mr Su added that preliminary findings showed the incident was caused by the travelator's pedal fixing ring moving out of place, which caused the pedal to fall off, and led to the failure of the travelator's automatic stop mechanism.
In 2019, an engineer working on a travelator at Waterloo Station in London was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics after becoming trapped.
Pictures online showed the woman - who has not been named - in a sitting position with her left leg wedged underneath the travelator.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse