During the Double Ninth Festival, Guangzhou's Xiaomanyao Sightseeing Elevator staged an "elevator scare" that caused 42 people to be trapped for 70 minutes

During the Double Ninth Festival, Guangzhou's Xiaomanyao Sightseeing Elevator staged an "elevator scare" and 42 people were trapped for 70 minutes (Reported by Yang Qiwei, Special Correspondent of the Alberta Times in Guangzhou) October 5th...

During the Double Ninth Festival, the Xiaomanyao Sightseeing Elevator in Guangzhou staged an "elevator scare" and 42 people were trapped for 70 minutes (Reported by Yang Qiwei, Special Correspondent of Guangzhou Times of the Alberta Times) On October 5th, the Double Ninth Festival, many Guangzhou citizens and tourists chose to take the Xiaomanyao at the top of Yangcheng to see the sights. Unexpectedly, the elevator suddenly broke down and hovered on the 63rd floor, about 200 meters above the ground. 42 people were trapped, and the "adventure" lasted 70 minutes. The official accident report from Canton Tower stated that the No. 1 sightseeing elevator of Canton Tower (Xiaomanyao) stopped when it reached the 62nd floor at 3:02 pm on the 5th. The No. 1 sightseeing elevator had two cars and a total of 42 people were trapped. At 3:04, the elevator technicians arrived at the scene and carried out emergency rescue according to the Canton Tower elevator trapped emergency plan procedures. However, because the elevator was not leveled, the door could not be opened. They had to wait for the computer software engineer to arrive and re-enter the instructions before the elevator could rise to the leveling position and open the door for rescue. After the incident, the staff of Canton Tower immediately comforted the passengers and dispatched a rescue team to carry out rescue operations. Some tourists said that they saw a firefighter climbing up to the car, but because it was too high, he climbed halfway and then turned back down. After the elevator stopped on the 63rd floor for 45 minutes, it finally began to rise slowly. At 3:58, the rescuers adjusted the elevator to the 68th floor by turning the car. The elevator door opened smoothly. All the trapped tourists let out a long breath and helped each other out of the car in shock. The medical staff waiting nearby immediately checked the tourists' health. At around 4 p.m., the tourist took another elevator from the 67th floor back to the ground. Mr. Liang, who traveled to Guangzhou from Foshan City, told reporters that when the elevator nearly reached the 60th floor, it began to become less smooth. "It came to a complete stop on the 63rd floor. We thought it was just an ordinary short stop, but who knew we were trapped for more than an hour. There was a harsh buzzing sound. The buzzing sound did not stop until the tour guide pressed the emergency stop button." But the elevator immediately stopped running completely. According to Ms. Ping, a foreign Chinese, the elevator showed the 81st floor, but it actually stopped at the 63rd floor. Ms. Wang, a tourist who was trapped in the elevator at the time, recalled that at about 3 pm on the 5th, she and her family boarded the elevator in Xiaomanyao Area E, preparing to go sightseeing on the 108th floor. There are 22 people in the elevator, including the guide, and a staff member said that it can reach the top floor within 5 minutes. But when the elevator reached the 58th floor, it stopped going up. At that time, the staff explained that the elevator had "a slight glitch and will be operational soon."过了两分钟，电梯又继续上行。 When we reached the 62nd floor, the elevator slowly stopped again. "We all thought that operation would resume soon this time, but we soon heard a rapid alarm sound, and the staff immediately pressed the emergency button in the car." Ms. Wang said, the originally lit display screen in the elevator was turned off, and everyone was suspended in mid-air. Soon, the passengers in the elevator began to commotion. "There were six children and four middle-aged and elderly people in the elevator. They were all sitting side by side on the base of the elevator and didn't dare to move." At that time, Ms. Wang also looked down at the tower. "It's too high. It's really scary." Ms. Wang said. First, the children were so frightened that they started to cry, and then the elderly also began to feel dizzy and uncomfortable. One of them, an 88-year-old man, felt uncomfortable with his heart, and some passengers were emotional for a time. According to relevant staff, the Canton Tower sightseeing elevator is produced by Otis and is a "super double-deck car elevator" that can connect two vertically moving cars into one, with a speed of 5 meters/second. After inspection and confirmation by Otis maintenance personnel, the cause of the elevator failure was that the observation tower body swayed due to strong winds, causing the elevator safety protection to activate and suspend operation. The official accident report of Canton Tower stated that the management of Canton Tower refunded tickets and provided dinner to the trapped tourists. The elevator involved was repaired and tested normal, and was put into use again at 7:10 p.m. The relevant fault situation is being followed up and reported by the elevator company. Some incidents of Otis elevator failures since July: On September 19, a Xizi Otis elevator in Dongguan Cathay Tower suddenly fell from the 6th floor to the 4th floor, trapping five people for more than 20 minutes. On September 9, in the Hongfu Plaza business office building in Dongguan, an Otis elevator car fell from the 8th floor to the negative 1st floor, injuring 20 passengers. On August 5, an Otis elevator in Tower A of Tianhe Bainaohui in Guangzhou broke down and nearly 30 passengers were trapped for half an hour. On July 7, an Otis elevator carrying more than 10 passengers plummeted from the fourth floor to the ground floor of Shanghai Yongsheng Building. On July 5, an Otis escalator at the Zoo Station on Beijing Subway Line 4 went backwards, injuring more than 30 passengers and killing a boy.