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Tourists at the Yuntai Mountain Geological Park in China were left horrified after discovering that part of the glass walkway suspended 3,500 feet above the ground suddenly shattered on Monday.
A visitor reportedly dropped a stainless steel cup, causing the 68-centimeter glass pane to crack. Fortunately, the walkway features several layers of glass, each of which can withstand 800kg per square meter.
The popular glass walkway situated in China’s Henan province recently opened on September 20.
On the social media site Weibo, Lee Dong Hai, a tourist present during the incident said, “My foot shook a little. I looked down and I saw that there was a crack in the floor.”
“A lot of people started to scream. I screamed out, ‘It cracked! It really cracked!’ and then I pushed the people in front of me so that we could run out of the way,” he added.
Fortunately, no one was injured from the incident and the glass walkway has been closed off to the public for repairs.
A report by People’s Daily China revealed that the safety of the bridge has not been compromised since it has three layers of glass.
