The rope of one of the carts was caught in the door as the elevator closed, lifting one of the women into the air. Luckily, her friends helped her escape uninjured. More for You ...

Rope-free and horizontal elevators are now a reality. German company thyssenkrupp trialled the new system named "MULTI" in a 246-metre high tower in Rottweil. They developed a system using linear ...

Early elevators were all controlled by a device called a shipper rope. Operators had to stop pulling at the rope before the elevator came to the desired floor because even when they stopped ...

which means the elevator was not near an operating floor. The department shared photos of the rescue involving a rope system and safety equipment. One person had to be evaluated by first ...

This is the moment a group of friends took an elevator with their carts in Curitiba, Brazil, on February 7. The rope of one of the carts was caught in the door as the elevator closed, lifting one of ...