r/RealOrAI • u/trashpandac0llective • 7d ago
HELP Escalator losing speed control
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I honestly can’t tell with this one.
It looks like some of the people may not be moving their feet to step off at the end. Also, everyone on the escalator just seems…unsettlingly chill about the whole thing.
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u/TimeZero13 7d ago edited 7d ago
I think it is real. The phone recording in the video is same as what's happening. I see People are jumping off since directly stepping speeding escalators may cause harm
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u/Equivalent-Green-580 2d ago
It’s real, I’ve seen this happen before at a mall I used to go to back in the 90’s
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u/ButterflyMundane7187 1d ago
This is BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 15 December 2025.
The escalator malfunctioned and suddenly accelerated, sending students toward the bottom at dangerously high speed. Students had to jump off to avoid colliding with one another.
It's a real incident, not a staged video.
You can watch the original 16-second footage here:
Storyful – Students Time Their High-Speed Jumps as Escalator Goes Rogue
The video was filmed by Tahmid Kamal.
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u/RealOrAI-Bot 6d ago
Sentiment: 0% AI
Sentiment reasoning: Commenters believe it is real, citing that the phone recording matches the events, people are reacting realistically to speeding escalators, and similar real videos have been observed.
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