World China: 3,500 ft Glass Walkway Cracks Under Visitors’ Feet

[tom_mai78101]

The 3,500 ft glass walkway in the Yuntai Mountain Geological Park gave its visitors quite a shock when it began to crack on Monday, after a visitor dropped a stainless steel cup.

The walkway hasn’t been in operation for very long, having only opened on September 20th. It features custom-made glass panelling. Each glass panel is 2.7cm thick, and can support up to 800kg in weight, but the incident understandably caused quite a commotion amongst the people who were using the walkway at the time.

Lee Dong Hai, a tourist who was on the walkway when it began to crack, posted the following message on social networking site Weibo: “I was almost at the end and suddenly I heard a sound. My foot shook a little. I looked down and I saw that there was a crack in the floor.”

Hai continued: “Lots of people began screaming. I screamed ‘It’s cracked, it’s actually cracked!’ and I pushed the people in front of me aside so that we could run.”

3,500-Ft-High Glass Walkway Cracks Under Visitors’ Feet

A 3,540-foot-high (1,080m) glass walkway at Yuntai Mountain Geological Park in China cracked right under visitors' feet on Monday after a visitor dropped a stainless steel cup. This walkway opened on September 20th, and given that another glass bridge was recently opened in China over a mountain...

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[Accname]

Each glass panel is 2.7cm thick, and can support up to 800kg in weight,

Well apparently it cant.

 

[KMilz]

“Lots of people began screaming. I screamed ‘It’s cracked, it’s actually cracked!’ and I pushed the people in front of me aside so that we could run.”

3,500-Ft-High Glass Walkway Cracks Under Visitors’ Feet

A 3,540-foot-high (1,080m) glass walkway at Yuntai Mountain Geological Park in China cracked right under visitors' feet on Monday after a visitor dropped a stainless steel cup. This walkway opened on September 20th, and given that another glass bridge was recently opened in China over a mountain...

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I love how candid he is. It sounds like he didn't even once consider how fucked up that was. Save yourself, dude; better you than them.

 

[Accname]

I love how candid he is. It sounds like he didn't even once consider how fucked up that was. Save yourself, dude; better you than them.

As far as I understood the people in front of him were already on safe ground, so it is quite reasonable to push them aside.

 

[KMilz]

Oh, fair enough. It was a big walkway, I figured he'd have some more glass to get across.

 

[Accname]

Well he said he was almost at the end of the walkway when it happened.

 

[Varine]

It would be more interesting if the glass actually fell apart.

 

[FireCat]

Brought stainless steel mug to the bridge?