Sentence examples for elevator malfunctioned from inspiring English sources

The elevator malfunctioned.

In 1985 a cellist was almost killed when a backstage elevator malfunctioned and she fell into the shaft.

B1 Elevator Operator Killed An elevator operator in one of Times Square's newest towers was killed when a freight elevator malfunctioned and jettisoned his cab up into a rooftop bulkhead.

An elevator operator in one of Times Square's newest towers was killed yesterday when a freight elevator malfunctioned and propelled his cab up into a rooftop bulkhead above the 37th floor.

There were no posted signs indicating an elevator malfunction, and there were no elevator mechanics around.

Ian Zimmerman, Mrs. Kliman's lawyer, said his research clearly showed that Dr. Kliman's death was the result of an elevator malfunction — not murder.

A 47-year-old woman was in critical condition after her leg became trapped in an elevator shaft at a Brooklyn hospital on Saturday because of an elevator malfunction, officials said.

"It's not so much the conflict, it's the time," said City Councilwoman Gale A. Brewer of Manhattan, who said that authority elevator malfunctions were a chronic problem in her district.

But in the wake of police and state investigations and the release of numerous documents in a lawsuit filed by Dr. Kliman's family and currently being heard in San Francisco Superior Court, a more mundane culprit has emerged as the cause of his death: An elevator malfunction that was identified during the inspection but not repaired.

The elevator had malfunctioned late last week, and the victim had gone to make repairs on Monday or Tuesday, but which day remained unclear, Detective McClendon said.

But there are hundreds of buildings where the elevators malfunction or break down routinely.