Four tourists found dead after their car breaks down in the middle of ‘Sea of Death’ as temperature hit 50C
FOUR tourists have been found dead after their cars broke down in the middle of the “Sea of Death” as temperatures hit 50C.
Three men and a woman were found when their vehicle broke down in the desert after they entered without permission.
The tourists were reportedly attempting to cross the Xinjiang Lop Nur Wild Camel National Nature Reserve, in north-western China when the incident happened.
They began their dangerous journey on July 22 and were reportedly unprepared for the conditions ahead.
They entered the nature reserve despite not having authorisation as part of a self-organised convoy and got lost somewhere along the way.
Following extensive search and rescue operations, the vehicle was located on 27th July, with two of the men and the woman found dead inside and the fourth person missing.
A rescue team was immediately created to search for the missing man, who was also found dead on the night of 29th July.