Three-year-old girl lifted into air by kite in Taiwan

In this image made from video, a three-year-old girl is lifted into the air by a large kite in Taiwan (Dainese Hsu)

A three-year-old girl in Taiwan was reported to be safe after becoming caught in the strings of a kite and lifted several metres into the air.

The girl was taking part in a kite festival in the seaside town of Nanlioao when she was caught up by a giant, long-tailed orange kite.

In this image made from video, a three-year-old girl is lifted into the air by a large kite in Taiwan (Dainese Hsu)

Video shot at the scene showed her twisting several times above a crowd of adults who struggled to pull the kite back to earth.

News reports said the girl was frightened but suffered no physical injuries in the incident.