<p> A big throng of thrill-seeking tourists had a fright of their life when a new glass bridge built on the cliff of a 3,450-feet high mountain in China cracked setting off panic among the crowd.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hundreds of tourists flocked to the recently built glass bridge at the Yuntai Mountain walkway in China's Henan province which developed cracks under the weight of huge crowd on Monday.<br /><br />Millions of Chinese visit all over country during week long National Day holiday which ended today.<br /><br />The Yuntaishan glass bridge developed a crack yesterday, causing panic among the holidaymakers who visited the bridge for a thrill.<br /><br />"I heard a crack from under... Everybody was screaming. I cried, 'It's really cracked! It's really cracked!' And pushed the people in front of me to get away," a post on Chinese microblog Sina Weibo said.<br /><br />An official of the Yuntaishan resort confirmed to state-run People's Daily that the path had indeed been broken and that it has been closed for the time being.<br /><br />Tourists were evacuated from the scene.<br />The official said one of the layers of the glass path broke because of a heavy thermos which was dropped by a visitor.<br /><br />The glass path was originally just opened on September 20, 2015.<br />Constructed along a U-shaped cliff, it is 68 meters in length and overlooks a thousand-meter mountain.<br /><br />The glass is said to be able to carry up to 800 kilograms per square meter.<br />The walkway is suspended at a height of about 1,080 meters.</p>
<p> A big throng of thrill-seeking tourists had a fright of their life when a new glass bridge built on the cliff of a 3,450-feet high mountain in China cracked setting off panic among the crowd.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hundreds of tourists flocked to the recently built glass bridge at the Yuntai Mountain walkway in China's Henan province which developed cracks under the weight of huge crowd on Monday.<br /><br />Millions of Chinese visit all over country during week long National Day holiday which ended today.<br /><br />The Yuntaishan glass bridge developed a crack yesterday, causing panic among the holidaymakers who visited the bridge for a thrill.<br /><br />"I heard a crack from under... Everybody was screaming. I cried, 'It's really cracked! It's really cracked!' And pushed the people in front of me to get away," a post on Chinese microblog Sina Weibo said.<br /><br />An official of the Yuntaishan resort confirmed to state-run People's Daily that the path had indeed been broken and that it has been closed for the time being.<br /><br />Tourists were evacuated from the scene.<br />The official said one of the layers of the glass path broke because of a heavy thermos which was dropped by a visitor.<br /><br />The glass path was originally just opened on September 20, 2015.<br />Constructed along a U-shaped cliff, it is 68 meters in length and overlooks a thousand-meter mountain.<br /><br />The glass is said to be able to carry up to 800 kilograms per square meter.<br />The walkway is suspended at a height of about 1,080 meters.</p>