If the cable holding the elevator breaks, the elevator will fall downward with an acceleration a=g, and the scale will read zero; in other words, there will be no force on the passenger, who will ...If the cable holding the elevator breaks, the elevator will fall downward with an acceleration a=g, and the scale will read zero; in other words, there will be no force on the passenger, who will begin floating inside the elevator car, similar to the way astronauts float inside a spacecraft. 1
