Can you actually survive a falling elevator? 🤔.

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]The myth goes that you're in an elevator, the cables are cut or something, you're plummeting rapidly towards the bottom of the elevator shaft, and right at the very last second, you jump as hard as you can, and that saves your life.

[00:00:11]>> To test the myth, the team builds a powerful jumping machine with a strong spring to launch a dummy inside the falling elevator.

[00:00:22]>> That was a good jump.

[00:00:23]>> Next, they remove the safety brakes and cut the heavy metal weights so the elevator can fall freely. We are cutting the cables. Stand by.

[00:00:32]>> When we get upstairs, we'll be able to pull a pin and this whole car will drop.

[00:00:36]>> Okay, Buster. This won't hurt a bit.

[00:00:38]>> Ready to drop in three, two.

[00:00:46]>> That was such a rush. His head's gone.

[00:00:48]>> We've got an arm. I believe this is more damage than we've ever done to Buster in one myth before. This myth is definitively and finally busted.