Tokyo Skytree tower’s operations resume after elevator trouble
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The elevator carrying the 20 visitors stopped about 30m above the ground.
PHOTO: TOKYO SKYTREE
TOKYO - Tokyo Skytree tower reopened to visitors on Feb 26 after a three-day suspension caused by an elevator malfunction,
Tobu Tower Skytree Co. had closed the 350m high observation deck and other tourist facilities on the tower after 20 visitors were trapped in an elevator for more than five hours on Feb 22.
According to the operator, a bundle of wires connecting the elevator and its control panel was damaged when the 634m broadcast tower swayed in the wind, causing the control panel’s fuses to blow.
The malfunction caused two of the four elevators connecting the commercial building at the base of the tower and the observation deck to stop.
The elevator carrying the 20 visitors stopped about 30m above the ground. Hours later, an adjacent elevator was positioned and a panel was placed between the two elevators so that passengers could be rescued through an emergency door. No one was injured. KYODO NEWS
