Tower Bridge was closed to tourists because of the accident.

   Lookout Tower Bridge area is closed due to accident occurred on 11 May. This May 12, says The London Evening Standard.
Remember, lift on Monday, raising the tourists at the Tower Bridge, broke to the ground. They are in the cockpit 16 people were injured, six feet. The five victims - Spanish tourists and one - the museum staff. The most serious fractures were two tourists, a husband and wife.
In order to investigate the incident for two hours was disrupted traffic on Tower Bridge. For tourists as the bridge will remain closed until the investigation is not fully completed. Approximate dates of the completion of the work of experts has not yet been named.
Lookout Tower Bridge site is located at an altitude of 42 meters above the Thames. After the opening of the bridge in 1894 the area was used as a foot gallery, which allows pass by the bridge, even when he was divorced. However, it soon became the place for the collection gallery of prostitutes and pickpockets, so in 1910 it was closed. In 1982, the gallery turned into a museum.