China tourist dies in plunge from cliff while posing for photo next to famous tree at Indonesia volcano
- Couple visit Ijen volcano park, see famous ‘blue fire’, watch sunrise
- Husband takes photo as wife’s dress gets caught, she plummets 75 metres
A tourist from China who was posing for photos at a famous volcano in Indonesia has died after she accidentally stepped on her dress and tumbled down a cliffside.
The 31-year-old woman, surnamed Huang, and her husband were part of a tour group to Ijen – a volcano tourism park in the province of East Java.
They climbed to the edge of the crater to see the famous “blue fire” scenery and watch the sunrise on April 20, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported.
Huang stood next to an upright dead tree – a famous landmark at the park that has been filmed and posted many times on social media – for her husband to take photos of her with the volcano as the backdrop.
She ignored warnings from the tour guide who told her it was “very dangerous” on that spot, the report said.
The woman’s long dress caught on something, and she tripped and plummeted about 75 metres down a cliff.