Footage from Georgian Ski-Lift Accident Shows Passengers Flung off Chairs

Forget high winds on chairlifts, like what happened in the Alps earlier this year. According to news sources in Georgia, a ski-lift accident has left eleven people injured when the chair’s brakes failed and sent passengers sliding backwards down the hill. The accident occurred at Georgia’s popular Gudauri ski resort, near the capital Tbilisi, this morning.

Video footage from onlookers shows some passengers jumping off the lift, while others are flung violently from the chair as it whipped around the loading station.

According to local reports, miraculously the eleven injured passengers suffered only minor injuries.