39 stuck for 4 hours in Sentosa's Tiger Sky Tower

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39 stuck for 4 hours in Sentosa's Tiger Sky Tower

•5.35pm: A mechanical fault left 38 passengers and one operator trapped in the gondola of the 110m-tall Tiger Sky Tower on Sentosa at 25m above ground. Bottles of food and water were distributed to guests as engineers from the tower worked to lower the gondola. •Around 5.50pm: Sentosa rangers were called in to assist the engineers with mechanical winching to lower the gondola. •7.10pm: The Singapore Civil Defence Force was called in for assistance. •Around 9.30pm: The gondola started moving again but soon stopped. A walkie-talkie from a rescuer nearby blared "stuck again". A large crowd gathered at the scene. •9.45pm: The gondola was lowered back on the ground. All 38 passengers and one operator on the ride emerged safely, with no reported injuries.

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