Fell 76 meters

Tourist falls into active volcano while posing

A Chinese tourist fell into the volcano.

(Bild: AFP, privat, Krone KREATIV)

Once again, the search for the perfect vacation photo has come to a deadly end for a tourist. A Chinese woman ventured too close to the crater rim of the Ijen volcano in Indonesia - the 31-year-old lost her balance and fell 76 meters into the active volcano.

Holidaymaker Huang Lihong was on a guided tour of the national park in the Indonesian province of Jawa Timurs with her husband. At the edge of the crater of the active volcano, however, she failed to keep a safe distance, as reported by "Hongxing News". She was to pay for this mistake with her life. 

The 31-year-old risked her life for this photo:

Holidaymaker tripped over clothes
The tour guide had warned the couple several times to keep the prescribed safety distance of two to three meters from the crater rim. At first, the couple complied, but then they got closer and closer to the abyss.

Warnings about the toxic gases around the volcano crater

(Bild: AFP)

The Chinese woman apparently wanted to get closer to a tree to pose in front of it and moved even closer to the edge of the crater. When she finally tripped over her clothes, she found nowhere to hold on to - and fell into the depths. 

It took the emergency services more than two hours to recover the tourist's body. She is said to have died on impact. The Indonesian authorities are treating her death as an accident.