China's 'glass bridge' collapses, man stuck at 100m height
In China, a 'one-sided glass floor' bridge over 100m above the ground collapsed due to a gust of wind. With one tourist left behind in the framework during the collapse, there is a 'safety debate' in China.
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The bridge in question is a glass bridge over the Biwayama Cultural Tourism Scenic Area located in Longjing City, Jilin Province. The appearance of this glass bridge is as follows, and the entire floor is made of glass. The outer frame part was very small.
At around 12:45 on May 7, 2021, a record strong wind with a maximum wind speed of about 42 m struck the glass bridge in question and crushed the glass floor. Tourists were left behind clinging to the outer frame. If you look at the photos at the time of the accident, you can see the blown glass floor, the man clinging to the handrail (red frame), and the handrail that was squeezed by the strong wind.
The strong wind hindered the rescue operation for about 30 minutes, but the man was rescued unharmed by a joint operation by firefighters, police, forestry and tourism personnel. However, the man was psychologically shocked by the accident and was taken to the hospital for counseling purposes.
In recent years, there have been an increasing number of cases of constructing glass bridges for tourism purposes in China, including the Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge , which was built at a height of about 300 meters above the ground and was the 'largest glass bridge in the world' at the time of completion. At that time, there are 60 glass bridges in China. The article reporting this case has been viewed more than 4 million times on China's popular SNS Weibo , saying, 'You shouldn't go to a glass bridge.' 'How long is such a bridge?' Is it maintained at the frequency of? ”, Which is causing a debate about safety.
According to media reports, some local governments have restrictions on materials, locations, designs, bad weather and business regulations for glass bridges, but not all local governments have such restrictions. is.
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