Maxim Kats: "Metro"

“The only man-made accident with numerous casualties in the Moscow metro was at the Aviamotornaya station, when the escalator there broke down. Eight people died. My parents were going down the adjacent escalator that day, so I knew a little more about it than was officially reported in the press.

“On February 17, 1982, an accident occurred at the Aviamotornaya station of the Kalinin radius of the Moscow metro. There were injuries among the passengers. The causes of the accident are being investigated.” "Evening Moscow". February 18, 1982.

The world has changed since then and now we know not only all the currently available information, but also much more - a lot of rumors, speculation and other things. There’s some kind of wire in the needle, a voltage drop, they don’t say anything.”