The gondola stopped on the roof of the Globe

The gondola stopped on the roof of the Globe
full screen Two gondolas travel up and down the side of the globe. Archive image. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT

On Sunday, eleven people were stranded on the roof of the Globe, after the gondola they were traveling in stopped due to a power cut.

– The gondola stopped for safety reasons and we have now started an evacuation of the people, says Daniel Stålbo, marketing director at Stockholm Live, which runs the gondola tours, at 5:30 p.m.

The Globe, now called the Avicii Arena, has two parallel spherical glass gondolas that can travel up and down the side of the arena, and is used as a viewing attraction. Aftonbladet was the first to report on the incident.

– Personnel have gone up in the second gondola and exhibited once between them. The people are currently being led across between the gondolas, says Daniel Stålbo to TT.

– It is very sad that this is happening. And among other things, an eleven-year-old boy experienced the situation as urgent, so they try to take it easy and carefully during the evacuation.

The power outage that caused the stop was fixed at 4:30 p.m.

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