Tokyo Skytree’s Elevator Stops, Trapping 20 People; All Rescued (Update 1)

The Yomiuri Shimbun

23:23 JST, (updated at 07:30 JST, Feb. 23)

An elevator stopped about 30 meters above ground, trapping 20 people inside at Tokyo Skytree in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, on Sunday evening, police said.

The 20 men and women including two children who were trapped in the elevator for five and a half hours were all rescued and no one was injured or ill.

According to the operating company, two of the four elevators connecting the fourth floor to the Tembo Deck, the observation deck 350 meters above ground, suddenly stopped. One of the elevators was unmanned, while passengers were on board the other, which was descending.

Due to the trouble, a total of about 1,200 people were temporarily stranded on the Tembo Deck and the Tembo Galleria, 450 meters above ground.