Investigation
Elevator Incident in Hyderabad Apartment Building
A serious incident involving a lift crash occurred on November 24 at an apartment building in Chandulal Baradari, located in Hyderabad’s Old City in India, The Munsif Daily reports. Six...
IBB Investigates Malfunctions of VT in Istanbul
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) has begun investigating the increasing malfunctions of escalators and elevators in the city's rail system by officially requesting information and documents from the Rail Systems...
JFK Airport Escalator Fire Send Four to the Hospital
An escalator fire at New York’s John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport at approximately 7 a.m. on July 24 sent four people to the hospital to treat minor injuries from...
Missing Bolts Led To Deadly Stockholm Elevator Collapse
Missing bolts caused a construction elevator to collapse in a Stockholm, Sweden, suburb in December 2023, killing five people, the Swedish Investigation Authority determined, the Associated Press is among outlets...
Fatal Elevator Accident Prompts Investigation in Malaysia
A 28-year-old man died on December 26 while working on an elevator at a shopping center in George Town on the Malaysian island of Penang, Free Malaysia Today reports, prompting...
Türkiye Construction Incident Results in Death
A 33-year-old elevator installer working at a construction site in the Yıldırım Beyazıt neighborhood, Yetim Street in the Çerkezköy district in Tekirdağ, a city on the north coast of Türkiye,...
One Killed When Elevator Cable Snaps in New Delhi
A 50-year-old worker died on December 25 when an elevator cable at an under-renovation factory in New Delhi, India, snapped and the unit fell from the first floor to the...
Alimak Investigates Sweden Accident, Reports Errors
After five people died in the fall of a construction site elevator in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 11, Alimak Group sent three senior experts to the accident site for observation,...
Couple Dies in Residential Elevator Accident
An Armenian couple has died due to an elevator malfunction in a residential building in Tbilis, the capital of Georgia, News.am reports. On January 14, the man fell into the...
