One dead in China cable car plunge

NANCHANG - One tourist was killed and four others injured when a cable car fell off the cableway at a mountain resort in east China's Jiangxi Province Saturday.

The accident happened at around 10:20 a.m. at Mount Dujuanshan, a famous destination in Jinggangshan, a city government spokesman said.

The accident was caused by equipment failure, but no details were given.

Cable cars were stopped after the accident and 219 tourists were stranded in their cars for six hours, the official said.

Service resumed at 4:30 pm and all stranded tourists returned to ground safely. The four injured tourists were taken to hospital but none is in critical condition.

Mount Dujuanshan, known as "Pen Rack Mountain" as its 17 peaks are aligned like pens, has an average altitude of 1,357 meters. Late Chinese leader Mao Zedong established a revolutionary base there in 1927.

A round trip on the 5,200-meter cableway costs 160 yuan (about $26) for each adult.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.