Eight people were injured in the Puma Imperial Hotel, located in central Ulaanbaatar, when the lift plunged between floors on 1st of August. The cables held and prevented the lift falling all the way. The eight passengers, later complained of headaches and feeling dizzy, were taken conscious to the National Trauma Orthopedic Research Centre for treatment. According to hotel workers the ‘lift cables did not break – the lift was overloaded’. The lift was descending from the 17th floor when it fell from the 4th-5th floor and stopped floor between B and 1st’ said witnesses. 

The Puma Imperial Hotel has two ‘Dresden Elevator’ lifts, each with a   capacity of nine people or 630 kg.