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China: Dog Rescued After Being Trapped in Elevator in Anhui

On August 28, 2025, a shocking accident occurred in a residential building in Anhui Province, eastern China. As the elevator doors opened, a pet dog entered, but its elderly owner either deliberately stayed behind or failed to get on in time, leaving the dog alone inside as the doors closed. As the elevator descended, the dog's leash became caught in the door, pulling it upward and leaving the dog dangling from the ceiling in a dangerous position. A man and woman waiting on the next floor quickly rescued the dog when the elevator doors opened.

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China: Brave Child Calmly Handles And Survives Sudden Elevator Malfunction

On June 11, 2024, in Chongqing, an 11-year-old boy Yuanyuan experienced a terrifying elevator malfunction that caused the elevator to plummet from the ninth floor to the third sub-basement level. Despite the fear-inducing situation, the child remained composed, frantically pressing buttons to try and stabilize the situation. Then he half squatted, clinging his hands to the wall tightly. Because the child usually enjoys watching documentaries and may have picked up some knowledge, he remained calm and carried out self-rescue during the more than one minute he was trapped. Once home safely, the ordeal's impact hit, and the child burst into tears, according to his mother.

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Police raid Schindler's Tokyo office

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters gather on Nov. 5, 2012, in front of the building housing the Tokyo headquarters of Schindler Elevator K.K., the Japanese arm of Swiss-based Schindler Holding Ltd., which Ishikawa prefectural police officers searched the same day in an investigation of suspected professional negligence following a fatal elevator accident on Oct. 31.

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Police raid Schindler's Tokyo office

TOKYO, Japan - Ishikawa prefectural police officers enter the Tokyo headquarters of Schindler Elevator K.K., the Japanese arm of Swiss-based Schindler Holding Ltd., on Nov. 5, 2012, to search there in an investigation of suspected professional negligence following a fatal elevator accident on Oct. 31.

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Schindler-made elevator accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Michiaki Otsuki (L), representative director of Schindler Elevator, leaves the family home in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, of a woman who died when she became wedged between the floor of an ascending elevator and the frame of the doorway at a hotel in Kanazawa in the prefecture. Otsuki visited the woman's relatives on Nov. 2, 2012, to apologize and pay respects.

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Woman killed in accident on Schindler elevator

NAGOYA, Japan - Ishikawa prefectural police officers enter an office of Swiss firm Schindler in Nagoya on Nov. 1, 2012, after a 63-year-old part-time hotel worker died the previous day after she was wedged between the floor of an ascending Schindler elevator and the frame of the building in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Schindler Elevator president offers prayer at accident site

TOKYO, Japan - Holding a bouquet of white flowers, John Bundy (R), president of elevator manufacturer Schindler Elevator K.K., the Japan unit of Swiss elevator maker Schindler Holding Ltd., looks up at an apartment building where a teenage boy was killed in a malfunction of one of his company's elevators exactly three years ago.

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Schindler chief denies liability over fatal 2006 elevator accident

TOKYO, Japan - Alfred N. Schindler (L), chairman of Swiss elevator maker Schindler Holding Ltd., attends a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 8. While offering his condolences, Schindler denied criminal responsibility for a 2006 accident in which a teenage boy was killed by a malfunctioning elevator made by the company.

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Schindler chief denies liability over fatal 2006 elevator accident

TOKYO, Japan - Alfred N. Schindler (L), chairman of Swiss elevator maker Schindler Holding Ltd., bows to reporters at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 8. While offering his condolences, Schindler denied criminal responsibility for a 2006 accident in which a teenage boy was killed by a malfunctioning elevator made by the company.

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Parents of late boy sue elevator maker over fatal accident

TOKYO, Japan - The parents (R and L in front) of Hirosuke Ichikawa, who was killed in an elevator accident in 2006, arrive at the Tokyo District Court to file a 250 million yen lawsuit Dec. 12 against the manufacturer, Schindler Elevator K.K., and others.

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Schindler executives apologize at transport ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Smith (R), head of Schindler Elevator K.K., the Japanese unit of the Swiss elevator manufacturer Schindler group, and Roland Hess (L), who heads the escalator and elevator division of Schindler Management Ltd., apologize to Japanese transport ministry officials in Tokyo on June 14 over an accident involving a Schindler-made elevator in Tokyo's Minato Ward which resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy.

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Schindler exec apologizes to Minato Ward mayor

TOKYO, Japan - Roland Hess (2nd from R), head of the escalator and elevator division of Switzerland's Schindler Management Ltd., accompanied by his aide, apologizes to Masaaki Takei, mayor of Tokyo's Minato Ward, during this visit to the ward office on June 13. A 16-year-old high school student was fatally injured in an accident involving a Schindler elevator in the ward on June 3.

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Schindler exec apologizes for insufficient elevator accident info

TOKYO, Japan - Roland Hess (C), head of the escalator and elevator division of Switzerland's Schindler Management Ltd., accompanied by his aides, bows in a gesture of apology during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on June 2. Hess apologized for the group's failure to provide in a timely fashion information related to the June 3 elevator accident in Tokyo that killed a 16-year-old high school student.

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Schindler exec apologizes for insufficient elevator accident info

TOKYO, Japan - Roland Hess (C), head of the escalator and elevator division of Switzerland's Schindler Management Ltd., accompanied by his aides, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on June 2. Hess apologized for the group's failure to provide in a timely fashion information related to the June 3 elevator accident in Tokyo that killed a 16-year-old high school student.

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Police raid Switzerland's Schindler over fatal elevator accident

TOKYO, Japan - An official of Schindler Elevator K.K., a unit of Switzerland-based Schindler Holding AG, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 7 after police raided the company in connection with a fatal elevator accident at a Tokyo condominium on June 3.

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Police raid Switzerland's Schindler over fatal elevator accident

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department enter Schindler Elevator K.K., a unit of Switzerland-based Schindler Holding AG, in Tokyo on June 7 to search it in connection with a fatal elevator accident at a Tokyo condominium on June 3.

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Police probe elevator accident site after death of 16-year-old boy

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigators arrive at a condominium in Tokyo's Minato Ward on June 4 to inspect the site where a 16-year-old high school student was killed in an elevator accident the previous day.

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Mother of victim of elevator accident unsatisfied with verdict

Masako Ichikawa, 63, whose 16-year-old son Hirosuke Ichikawa (shown in photo in foreground) died in an elevator accident in 2006, expresses her dissatisfaction at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2015 regarding the Tokyo District Court's acquittal earlier that day of a former Schindler Elevator K.K. executive. The court handed down suspended prison terms to three people at a maintenance company which had taken over the maintenance and management of the elevator from Schindler two months before the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid Switzerland's Schindler over fatal elevator accident

TOKYO, Japan - An official of Schindler Elevator K.K., a unit of Switzerland-based Schindler Holding AG, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 7 after police raided the company in connection with a fatal elevator accident at a Tokyo condominium on June 3. (Kyodo)

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Police raid Switzerland's Schindler over fatal elevator accident

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department enter Schindler Elevator K.K., a unit of Switzerland-based Schindler Holding AG, in Tokyo on June 7 to search it in connection with a fatal elevator accident at a Tokyo condominium on June 3. (Kyodo)

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Police probe elevator accident site after death of 16-year-old b

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigators arrive at a condominium in Tokyo's Minato Ward on June 4 to inspect the site where a 16-year-old high school student was killed in an elevator accident the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Schindler Elevator president offers prayer at accident site

TOKYO, Japan - Holding a bouquet of white flowers, John Bundy (R), president of elevator manufacturer Schindler Elevator K.K., the Japan unit of Swiss elevator maker Schindler Holding Ltd., looks up at an apartment building where a teenage boy was killed in a malfunction of one of his company's elevators exactly three years ago. (Kyodo)

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Schindler executives apologize at transport ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Smith (R), head of Schindler Elevator K.K., the Japanese unit of the Swiss elevator manufacturer Schindler group, and Roland Hess (L), who heads the escalator and elevator division of Schindler Management Ltd., apologize to Japanese transport ministry officials in Tokyo on June 14 over an accident involving a Schindler-made elevator in Tokyo's Minato Ward which resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy. (Kyodo)

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Schindler exec apologizes to Minato Ward mayor

TOKYO, Japan - Roland Hess (2nd from R), head of the escalator and elevator division of Switzerland's Schindler Management Ltd., accompanied by his aide, apologizes to Masaaki Takei, mayor of Tokyo's Minato Ward, during this visit to the ward office on June 13. A 16-year-old high school student was fatally injured in an accident involving a Schindler elevator in the ward on June 3. (Kyodo)

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Schindler exec apologizes for insufficient elevator accident inf

TOKYO, Japan - Roland Hess (C), head of the escalator and elevator division of Switzerland's Schindler Management Ltd., accompanied by his aides, bows in a gesture of apology during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on June 2. Hess apologized for the group's failure to provide in a timely fashion information related to the June 3 elevator accident in Tokyo that killed a 16-year-old high school student. (Kyodo)

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Schindler exec apologizes for insufficient elevator accident inf

TOKYO, Japan - Roland Hess (C), head of the escalator and elevator division of Switzerland's Schindler Management Ltd., accompanied by his aides, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on June 2. Hess apologized for the group's failure to provide in a timely fashion information related to the June 3 elevator accident in Tokyo that killed a 16-year-old high school student. (Kyodo)

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Schindler chief denies liability over fatal 2006 elevator acciden

TOKYO, Japan - Alfred N. Schindler (L), chairman of Swiss elevator maker Schindler Holding Ltd., attends a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 8. While offering his condolences, Schindler denied criminal responsibility for a 2006 accident in which a teenage boy was killed by a malfunctioning elevator made by the company. (Kyodo)

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Schindler chief denies liability over fatal 2006 elevator acciden

TOKYO, Japan - Alfred N. Schindler (L), chairman of Swiss elevator maker Schindler Holding Ltd., bows to reporters at a press conference in a Tokyo hotel on May 8. While offering his condolences, Schindler denied criminal responsibility for a 2006 accident in which a teenage boy was killed by a malfunctioning elevator made by the company. (Kyodo)

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Parents of late boy sue elevator maker over fatal accident

TOKYO, Japan - The parents (R and L in front) of Hirosuke Ichikawa, who was killed in an elevator accident in 2006, arrive at the Tokyo District Court to file a 250 million yen lawsuit Dec. 12 against the manufacturer, Schindler Elevator K.K., and others. (Kyodo)

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Schindler elevator

Photo taken on June 3, 2009, shows Schindler Elevator K.K. President John Bundy (C) offering prayers over a fatal accident involving one of the company's elevators at a housing complex in Tokyo's Minato Ward in 2006. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo