An accident occurred on the glass plank road in Hugu Gorge, Liaoning Province. What exactly happened?

Travel has become a daily way of leisure, entertainment, and relaxation for many people. The convenience of travel allows people to quickly visit any tourist attraction they want to visit. Some scenic spots built on mountains will build some glass planks or glass slides in the scenic spots to attract tourists in this novel way.

Most of these glass facilities are set up on the mountains, allowing tourists to overlook the scenery at their feet from a high place. Because of the transparency of the glass, tourists have a lot more fun when playing on the glass plank road or glass slide. Fresh and exciting feeling. However, it is a glass product after all. Compared with some steel products, its hardness is still worse, and the characteristics of glass also add certain risks to these facilities.

On August 19, 2020, an accident caused by a glass slide occurred in the Hugu Gorge Scenic Area in Liaoning Province. It is understood that the weather in the scenic spot suddenly started to rain heavily that day, and the glass slide is a project that allows tourists to slide down the mountain from a certain height. When it rains, the glass slide will be extremely smooth, making tourists slide down very fast. The accident ultimately resulted in the death of one person and serious injuries to many others.

Before this, there have been many accidents in scenic spots due to glass facilities. A glass walkway in a scenic spot in Henan was damaged by a water glass accidentally dropped by a tourist; a glass walkway in a scenic spot in Qingdao suddenly cracked and almost caused tourists to fall into the sea. Various similar accidents occur frequently, making people begin to pay attention to the safety hazards behind glass facilities.

Safety always comes first. Scenic spots cannot add facilities such as glass planks arbitrarily in order to make profits and attract customers. If they must be set up, they must strictly follow the relevant national regulations to ensure the safe use of these glass facilities. At the same time, tourists must also use glass facilities when visiting or playing with them. Know the relevant precautions in advance to avoid accidents affecting personal safety.