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Associated Press

Tourism officials have closed a newly opened glass walkway in a central China scenic spot after cracks appeared in the structure at the height of the weeklong National Day holiday.
The glass walkway in Henan province’s Yuntaishan scenic area had been supporting dozens of tourists on Monday when the cracks appeared with a loud bang.
A single pane of the 68 metre-long section shattered into coin-sized segments, footage on state broadcaster CCTV showed.
Read more: Smashing view! Tourists flee as glass-bottomed skywalk in China cracks
The area’s management bureau said on its microblog on Thursday that there was no threat to safety because only one of the three layers of glass that make up the walkway was damaged.
Watch: People tour the glass skywalk around China's Yuntai Mountain

It said investigators were looking into the cause of the fissures and added that the walkway was able to support weights of more than 800kg per square metre.  
Postings to China’s Twitter-like Weibo messaging service described the fears of tourists who heard the panel crack, but there were no signs of mass panic or injuries.
The structure hugs a cliff side roughly 120 metres above a canyon in the remote mountain areas renowned for its scenery. It opened on September 20, just in time for China’s week-long National Day holiday, which started on October 1..
A glass walkway above London’s Tower Bridge suffered a similar accident in November after a falling bottle shattered the topmost layer of one of its panes that was designed to be easily replaceable if damaged.
Such walkways have grown popular in China as scenic areas compete to attract increasingly affluent Chinese tourists.
Among them is the world’s highest and longest glass skywalk located in Hunan province’s Zhangjiajie, known as the model for the planet Pandora in the hit Hollywood film Avatar.
The structure stretches 430 metres at a height of 300 metres above the canyon floor. 


Chinese glass-bottomed mountain walkway closed after cracks appear less than month after opening

Tourists stand beside a cracked glass tile on the glass-bottomed walkway in China's Yuntaishan in central China's Henan province on Monday, which has now been closed. Photo: AFP

The 400-metre-long glass walkway in Hunan province’s Zhangjiajie, which stands 300 metres above the canyon floor, is the world’s longest and highest and is known as the model for the planet Pandora in the hit Hollywood film Avatar. Photo: Sandy Tse

Smashing view! Tourists flee as glass-bottomed skywalk in China cracks

The cracks were reportedly caused by tourists who had dropped a thermos flask on the reinforced glass flooring. Photo: SCMP Picutres

It looks smashing! Terrifying glass-bottomed bridge in China with stomach-churning views ... of the ground

Workers at the Shiniuzhai National Geopark in Pingjiang county, Hunan province have been putting the finishing touches to a new bridge, by laying down its glass floor. Photo: CNS

Park management authorities added a small section of glass last year but decided to transform the entire length of the crossing. Photo: CNS

A group of 21 workers have built the bridge, apparently earning just 400 yuan a day, (HK$486) according to the Global Times in April. Photo: CNS 

‘Don’t look down!’: ‘World’s highest glass-bottomed bridge’ to open in China

An artist's impression of the bridge at Zhangjiajie. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Tourists gone wild: China’s unruly hordes make headlines over 'golden week' holiday – but this time back at home

A photo of Chinese tourists posing disrespectfully with statues of firefighters who had lost their lives in an industrial park fire in Zhejiang, sparked anger online. Photo: SCMP Picture

On the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, Hubei, a visitor pens a poem, signing off cheekily as "Deng Xiaoping". Photo: SCMP Pictures

Yet others left messages for their loved ones on the Yangtze River Bridge. Photo: SCMP Pictures

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Officials at Henan province’s Yuntaishan scenic area say there was no threat to safety after a single pane of the 120m high skywalk shattered into coin-sized segments on Monday


Officials at Henan province’s Yuntaishan tourist area say there was no threat to safety after a single pane of the 120m high skywalk shattered into coin-sized segments on Monday
