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Six dead after plunge in Hong Kong's tallest building
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 13, 2009 Six workers died on Sunday after plunging 20 floors down a lift shaft in Hong Kong's tallest skyscraper and the fourth tallest building in the world, police and local reports said. A police spokesman said emergency workers called to the International Commerce Centre in Kowloon's popular Tsim Sha Tsui area removed three injured workers, who were all certified dead on arrival at hospital. Firemen later recovered the bodies of three other workers. The spokesman said preliminary findings showed that the workers were working on a platform in a lift shaft on the 30th floor when it suddenly gave way and fell to the 10th floor. The 118-floor skyscraper, developed by MTR Corporation and Sun Hung Kai Properties, is Hong Kong's tallest building and is due to open next year. It is the fourth tallest building in the world after the Burj in Dubai, Taipei 101 in Taiwan and the Shanghai World Financial Centre. Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang described the accident as serious and pledged to conduct a thorough investigation. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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