SEOUL – Visitors flocked to the recently opened Lotte World Tower to take the world’s longest and fastest double-deck lift, dubbed ‘Sky Shuttle’, in Seoul, on Wednesday.
The elevator whisks passengers from the basement to the 121th-floor in one minute, at an average speed of 10 metres (32.8 feet) per second.
Opened to the public in April, the building, which is the highest in Seoul and the fifth tallest in the world, currently holds three world records; for the world’s fastest elevator, the world’s tallest glass-bottomed sky walk and the world’s highest observation deck.
Standing at 555-meters (1,820 feet) tall, the tower, which is said to redefine Seoul’s skyline, is nearly 300 metres (984.2 feet) above the city’s next highest building, the International Finance Centre (IFC) Office Tower.
