Remembering South Korea's major disasters
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The devastating crash of a Jeju Air passenger jet at South Korea's Muan International Airport killed 179 of the 181 people on board. The December 29, 2024, aviation disaster was the latest in the grim history of tragedies in the country resulting in significant loss of life. Other major incidents include a devastating 2022 Halloween crowd crush, the 2014 sinking of the Sewol ferry and a subway fire in 2003. The disasters over the past three decades have deeply impacted South Korean society, raising crucial questions about safety standards, emergency preparedness and the need for improved regulations across various sectors.
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The number of incidents like these in South Korea is on another level. Yes, in some countries it happened too but the number of deaths per incident is 100 plus and these incidents are mostly man-made not natural disasters or accidents.
The video didn't mention the deaedly humdifier disinfectant case that killed 1,814 (officially recognized by Korean gov) and up to over 20k (if including unreported cases). Nothing happened.
@nanyahime my theory is maybe because the CEO that is involved is a foreigner? or was it the maker ( meh idkkk
They are rituals
@@theyseemelorrintheyhatin Although the company is a foreign company, the disaster only happened in Korea and noy in other countries because it had something to do with the local company handling the import. Greed KILlS. This is a worldwide phenomenon.
Covid literally killed 6 million
Worst part is that these disasters are preventable but have happened because of negligible circumstances in terms of safety and design including series of unfortunate events that led to this moment.
Yeah but with the ferry the captain was a greedy person that only cared about himself. He was supposed to go off the boat last but nope he went first and told everyone to stay where they werw
Never forget that in the Sampoong department store collapse, they knew that the store was about to collapse and had the opportunity to properly evacuate but the owner demanded that they keep the store open until the end of the day because he didn't want to lose money.
He himself left the store sometime before it collapsed.
What does that has to do with this plane crash??🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Two different things.
@@laurafabianmarrero Did you even watch the video? The video isn't only about the plane crash but also all the other incidents in SK that killed lots of people..
when was that Sampoong accident occured?
@@mashitta5969June 1995.
@@mashitta5969There are some documentaries on it.
Plane landed nicely on the belly only to be destroyed by the wall, which shouldn’t even be that close to the runway, and it’s a concrete one. Furthermore, there is NOTHING in the area after that wall. It should just have been normal fences instead of a concrete one.
Another thing is that the runway is to short because the Airport was designed for only smaller planes. Pretty much they could've escape the disaster if they landed in a much bigger Airport with longer runways.😢
@@brolymeng7946 I'm not sure if they were able to even keep the plane up anymore. They might not have had a choice but to go down and that was the only open area.
There is a luxury resident home behind that concrete, Korean chaebol in works
there is a road, the runway is on raised ground
They landed in the opposite direction on the runway!!!
Tragedies like this are specially painful in a country with one of the lowest birth rates & one of the highest suicide rates .
I mean I think it is especially more so because South Korea is such a developed nation that is often praised for its safety that creates these extra emotional impact. For less developed countries such as DRC or Pakistan for example, I would bet there are many more tragedies like these that do not get covered. The suicide rate has nothing to do with the degree
@@peelysl But it should cause more of an emotional impact. Because it's a developed country, with decent economical and political stability, there's no way to justify tragedies happening this frequently.
At least half of the events on this list were solely caused by corruption, negligence, and/or mismanagement, while the country had all the means to prevent them. That is and should be infuriating.
All of them incompetence, making the ferry too tall, police ignoring overcrowding warning calls, and adding a concrete wall at the end of a runway
If you look on Google maps I'm pretty sure there's buildings behind the wall so instead the plane would hit restaurants and hotels
@ but the plane would have slowed down more before hitting it, or perhaps even slowing to a stop
yes all of them are preventable actually.. 😢
its the chaebol families getting away with their negligence
Mass massacres happened repeatedly in South Korea because the government never took any responsibility. The South Korean playbook is to find a scape goat and then move on until a new disaster strikes again.
Oh yeah, because the government taking "responsibility" will make people be less dumb...
Wrong, at least the government officials take some responsibility. That’s why the presidents are impeached and the ministry resign or step down. Also, their safety regulations and rules are fixed after these accidents. It just take some times to change.
No, they never took responsibility. Which officials have apologized and stepped down when Itaewon Stampede occurred? Zero
@@mashitta5969
@@mashitta5969exactly. With the ferry incident it was the captain’s fault
That’s what happens in capitalism. When profit is the goal, people’s lives and safety aren’t. I wonder why you don’t hear about any disasters like this in the REAL KOREA… all you hear about them is fake news of how “brutal” their “dictatorship” is… but the absurd events of the US colony in the south are just “business as usual”…..
I remember Sampoong mall crash, which was sad. it was clearly because of the owner's negligence
Most of these events could've been avoided. But due to the people involved and their greed many lives were taken.
I also cant help but notice the fact that 3 of the events had an element of incompetence and greed attached to them, that caused major scrutiny and looks into how the South Korean government handles disasters and companies that cut corners on saftey just to make more money for themselves
It's a messed up country because the government is controlled by 3 main corporations sustaining their economy, so corruption, favoritism, negligence and ignorance is part of every day to day life there.
Didn't realize how much incompetence there was in South Korea smh
which country are you from XD
Not only south korea. You think south korea is incompetence because this video only highlight tragedies from south korea. How about we highlight your country instead.
@@rikudouray Canada
@@godofnothing520 Canada. Go ahead don't care
No, they are not incompetent, you are.
All nations globally have their share of disasters and tragedies, the issue with South Korea is that many of their calamities are avoidable. The crowd crush on Halloween, Ferry Sinking, Department Store collapse and now this Jeju Air crash. The Asiana Crash @ SFO which killed many Chinese students was also due to SK blind acceptance of deference to seniority.
Thank you for pointing this out. I wanted to make a point about this but worried it wouldn't be taken well as it comes off possibly critical. I can't help but think though that the proper education, may help prevent future disasters. My understanding is that Korea has a "hurry" culture and one about deferring to seniority and not making critical thinking judgments. I see this as a huge problem in most Asian countries however that are influenced by Confucianism. It also reminds me of my studies back in college. A lot of the foreign students told me they don't focus on critical thinking back home (China, Korea, etc). Whereas in most Western nations, you learn about critical thinking as early as middle school and it becomes integral part of our education system to not be afraid to ask questions.
@@Ladeliciadelinda As I am overseas Chinese I was prepared for any backlash regarding my comments and counter argue if anyone found my criticism unjust 😉
@@jasonyau326 you are brave! I find that gives people more ammunition to point out that we aren't Korean citizens so may not have the right to comment. But honestly all of this reminds me of Asiana Airline and also the Ferry boat disaster, both of which faced criticism for human error. We still don't know if that's the case with Jeju Air but the odds of Korea constantly being in the news for disasters gone wrong either means the media is focusing either too much on Korea or that there is a pattern that is not due to randomness as the percentage of this happening is fairly high.
@@Ladeliciadelinda thank you but I was prepared for someone to come down on me for criticizing South Korea when China has had it's fair share of disasters and tragedies. However unlike South Korea where the now beleaguered President actually called off an inquiry into the crowd crushing calamity on Halloween a few years ago in Seoul, in China "heads rolled" when an unfortunate similar incident occurred in Shanghai one fateful new year's eve. And crowds have not been allowed to gather in public places there since.
As a Korean, I could never forget the Itaewon Tragedy. My family and I was gonna go there to have fun during Halloween, but fortunately my family took very long time getting ready so we arrived late and then it was blocked because that’s when the tragedy happened. If my family went early, then I would’ve been one of them too.
The major disaster is the wall at the end of the runway in the Muan Airport...
Who was the genius who bring that idea?
If this happened in China, trolls would blame the government without end. If it happens in SK, it's crickets...
Except that when it happens in Korea, there aren't government coverups, social media censorships, and a distinct lack of a proper investigation, or even complete overthrowing of governments that were at fault for those events. we impeached president Park for her poor response to the 2014 ferry disaster; new laws were made and passed quickly; regardless of social statues or connections to those in power, they were generally met responsible.
It's better than blaming the birds.
@@FingersKungfu😂
We don't need the trolls, the Koreans themselves are doing the job for them.
But in China, 1 million people were killed by the government, led by a man and a woman 🤣 And even trolls DARE NOT blame the government for it.
Lets never forget that in the Sampoong Department Store collapse they knew it was going to go down well before it happened and no one told thousands of people before it fell. Those people could have ALL survived if it wasn't for lack of accountability or morals from the founder Joon Lee and his son. Nothing makes me more irritated with these cases with the lack of accountability half of these people take just because their image is more important over people's lives. Even some people during the Itaewon crowd crushed BLAMED THE VICTIMS because they were partying and having fun which in their minds was wrong. These thousands of people did not deserve to die.
As if the recent tragedies aren't enough, you have to go bring up the past
Idk what to expect from my country anymore since everything from Johnny Somali being (in the lightest term) a rascal, to the two presidents getting impeached, to the Jeju Air Muan incident. 2024 was an insane year for Koreans.
Not to mention tension between NK and SK is at an all time high
Pray for Korea
Don't worry k-pop will save everything
@@mellowne411this isn't a joke...
Ineffective.
@@mellowne411what nonsense is this ?😒
@@mellowne411 Don't harm anyone and go to the soil because of a natural accident.
Poor design and poor emergency response system, especially in that ship capsizing and subway station arson, where passengers were al locked in and trapped and couldn’t escape. That department store building collapse was entirely due to the greed of the owner where he violated many construction safety codes and kept building more things on top of the building adding extra burden to the pillars.
See, most of them perished being in the crowd. Stay home, stay safe.
This is NOT FUNNY.
@@KaiJie-n8qwho said it’s funny?
@@Liane-Sky He says it like a joke.
@@KaiJie-n8q He said*
What áre You talking about???
The ones that die is because they were on the plane when it crash
Seems like there's daily deadly fires in Korea as well. Safety is very low priority "in hurry up and get it done" Korea.
Yes, there are major disasters that are awful and complete tragedies, but overall, I feel way safer when it comes to most technology or equipment safety procedures, etc. in Korea, more than a lot of other countries.
@@mautre Korea is supposed to be 1st world developed country. Industrial accidents happen too often in Korea for it to be so. Korean citizens are paying 1st world prices in a 3rd world environment. Sad.
its the sheer callous negligence with malice in all the manmade disasters that I just cannot ignore.
As a South Korean. So sad to see these tragic accidents happen over the years.
Counting out the airline disasters, most of these mass-casualty events are avoidable and unfortunately all of them claimed lives up to three-digit numbers.
Adding to South Korean authorities do having a shady track record of leaving people to perish, or delaying rescue incentives in these disasters.
all preventable, all senseless, all very sad especially now in the face of the low birth rates as well.
We stand for South Koreans 🇰🇷
감사합니다.
I remember Korean airline few major crashes, the Sewol ferry disaster, the Halloween crush and now this... mostly are human errors adn preventable.
For a modern nation like Korea it’s honestly shocking that they don’t have stricter safety and building regulations. Like the drowning part, there should be a standard procedure of when a ship is sinking irrespective of who is commanding you. Like I’m not gonna listen to anyone if a ship is sinking besides the emergency exit procedure
1:18 Many of the victims were rescued? Are you sure about that?
The Sewol one is just evil
its all due to negligence… horrific. 😢
Me when I realised I have heard of most of these through the Rotten Mango podcast...
this is so sad what was the reason for the wall to be there ?
I heard a theory it was there to protect the ILS antennas from a tsunami....
These tragedy is really the worst hit that could happen to South Korea in this year around. Not only the decline of birth rate, these incident have majority of young people as the victim. South Korea population is in serious danger.
If its boeing( 737), i aint goin!
Guys check your aircraft model before booking flights. Its common man time to held these greedy accountable for cutting mass profits over safety.
How can we check?
Irrelevant. The 737 that crashed in Jeju was a 800 (NG), a variant of 737 with a proven safety record. I know Boeing are full of corporate greed, but 737 are one of the safest airframe out there. Plus, if it is allowed to fly, that means the regulatory body of whatever country/region you are in already approved it.
@mnh1270 doesn't stop people from being superstitious.
You know this wasn't a MAX, right???
I suggest you buy your own jet.
Why do I feel like South Korea always has these major disasters? Are the conspiracy theories actually real?
Can you share those conspiracy theories? I have no idea.
Every country on this planet has 'these' major disasters, more often than you might think. It's not just South Korea.
@ They were discussed after the 2014 sunken ship. I couldn't remember the details but they were cult-related. Something like a cult supported by those who hold power in SK sunk the ship on purpose to perform a sacrifice ritual or something.
@ggabor2489 yeah, it's most likely just an accident. I just remembered some conspiracy theories I read about it during watching the video
@@WoleGqu Just like 9/11 and any major tragedy in the world. Every one of them has its conspiracy theory.
If you pay attention to the details and see how many of those theories, over the course of time, have been proven true, it's hard to doubt/ignore the real intention behind it...😔
Rest in peace to all that lost their lives during those times. ❤
Very, very serious , fatal and tragic disasters in South Koreas's history . Very heartbreaking 😢😢
감사합니다.
Most of these accidents were due to the government not enforcing safety measures correctly and effectively. Safety is not only "stay safe and take care", safety is researching, preparing, writing and enforcing effective guidelines and regulations that can ensure that these kind of incidents, accidents and tragedies do not happen. But SK government and Koreans in charge do not take responsibility. They put profit and saving face above everything. If something goes wrong, they try to find a scape goat and then just continue living their lives... My country is not better but isn't SK supposed to be a first world country, one of the richest countries in the world? What are you guys doing...
I can't believe if bird theory damaging the wheel is strong enough for make it malfunctions, afterall its boeing cutcost policy may explain something.
The Boeing plane involved in the crash was about 15 years old, not from the newer 'max' generation. However I agree that a simple birdstrike wouldn't have caused the hyrdaulics to fail completely. Even if it did, the landing gears can be lowered manually, with the help of gravity. It was most definitely a chain of human mistakes during the landing procedure that caused this accident.
Apparently both engines stopped working and that's why the hydraulic pump stopped working as well.
@@criztaliz3413 There's another video where it shows the right engine blows fire before landing
Seems like scmp has a huge interest in Korea’s news.
Praying for South Korea 🇰🇷🙏🏻😢❤️
감사합니다.
You forgot about major bridge collapsing….
The worst one is by far the sewol ferry
RIP to all victims.....
my guess is that the pilot probably thought he would bust through that wall and slow down.
So crazy how 3 of these happened on the 29th. My heart goes out to the victims and their families.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾Sending my condolences
All these tragedies are awful i remember the sampoong incident collapsing and stuff this is truly scary the government needs to take accountability for these things this is not right at all
So sad the poor victims and there families my heart goes out to them let’s pray for them🙏🏼
감사합니다.
May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace Amen
Hmm during mourning
This weird channel focuses on past disaster targeting this country
Poor taste and childish
감사합니다. 저도 공감합니다.
@@Lucas-id7pmyes
wall at runway, NO firefighters stood by, made in Ixdia, Boeing top management....Recipe for Disaster
Pilot error
you clearly forgot about the worst air disaster of all times Korean Air flight 007 in 1983, 269 victims. While this was clearly a soviet missile downing the plane, it was an avoidable mistake by the crew flying over soviet airspace without authorization and at night. Totally avoidable tragedy. RIP
Even the ridiculed India would not make such a mistake, but the arrogant South Korea has always made mistakes
What a BS? Literally, it's not a random accident, it's a misfire fired by Soviet troops, and by the logic of the global situation and power at the time, the Soviet Union just didn't apologize very brazenly.
Easily prevent to save some lifes. No hero in Korea only kdrama
Don't forget the ' Bridge ' .
Why would you ever make a video of this? You open old wounds that survivors are still probably dealing with. For what? VIEWS! DISGUSTING!
That's why Korea will never grow as a country no matter how painful it is to confront about it, they never want to reflect nor do they want to learn anything from it. They just rather bury it.
정말 감사합니다.
This is true; I also think the same. South Korea often experiences these kinds of man-made disasters. Everything could have been prevented, but it only gets worse. I hope nothing like this happens in the future.
Maybe its just me but why is there a wall in the middle of an airplane landing runway and going a little too fast
Oh man this country has suffered
Yep all couldve been prevented with common sense
But not all could've been forseen even with the most common sense out there. Especially in accident, one thing go wrong, in a split second, out of nowhere and you've only seconds to act, it's either do-or-die.
South Korea needs Jesus Christ.
Geez.. they just can’t catch a break… 😢
there was also the collapse of SungSu bridge. but SamPoong dpt store collapsing was the most huge impact on the society. I guess..
Agora é superar esta grande tristeza, que é difícil demais. Uma dor imensa dentro dos corações familiares. Muito triste.
감사합니다.
Maybe it's the rigidly hierarchical culture that makes it difficult for those in the ground to alert their bosses on problems.
Because all korean people so proud about they self
Pray for south korea!! 🥲
Is it just me or is there somehow an unusual amount of these extreme disasters in SK?… Can someone explain? It seems a bit weird for an innovative and modern country like SK…
You forgot one more, 1 Sept 1983, Korean Airlines 007 shot down by a Soviet SU-15 that flew over Kamchatka Peninsula, west of Sakhalin.. the Captain, Chun Byung-In inadvertently piloted the plane through restricted Soviet Airspace, killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew members including 22 children under age 12 and U.S. Congressman Lawrence McDonald of Georgia.
Government negligence.
I'm reminded of Asiana Airlines and apparently Korean Air back in 1997. I'm not an expert and only speculating from what I've heard but apparently a lot of these accidents are a result of judgment call error. Haste, the "hurry" culture and also the culture of following orders without trying to critically think for themselves if the orders are even rational. Of course we shouldn't criticize when so many lives are lost but it is food for thought maybe in hopes to provide the education to prevent further incidences like these.
🙏🏻🙏🏻😢
MV Sewol , sampoong department store collapsed, Itaewon Halloween crowd crush are the major diasters of South Korea
Looks more like aurcraft maintainance issue or human ertor in the first instance. The subsequent carnage may have softened if the instuments poles at the end were not placed with solid concrete foundation. All along an avoidable tragedy.
This is tasteless.
Prayers for South Korea
감사합니다.
Are they sure not living on a regime? People keep dying because safety issues.
My sympathy 💔🥀
*no wonder that southkorea invented the squid game*
0:35 Lee Ji Han Remembered
Did you guys know Sampoong Department Store was the world’s worst structural collapse until 9/11?
terrible this country
please do not travel to there
너는 한국에 오지마. 재수없네. 너희 나라도 안갈테니 꺼져.
yup, terrible SARS and wuhan-19 virus host chiirona
Tasteless and disgusting comment
Seems like that there's a disaster every year in S.K
Nope! It’s that genius WALL
actually, the plane crashed into a small hill, like an embankment. If you see closely, the concrete wall was actually a bit far, and the plane was already destroyed before hitting the concrete wall, since the debris simply went airborne for a few seconds.
pls, don't laugh at them. just pray for the victims, and may heaven accept all the poor souls that arrive sooner than they should be. when you laugh at those who are struggling in hard times, karma will get you.
정말 감사합니다.
Wow, i had no idea about the arson atrack and earlier Busan plane crash, R.i.p, to all the victims, i have very vivid memories of watching the Itewan crush, (apologies for mispelling im just a dumb American), unfolding in real time thanks to youtube and social media like live streams and tiktoks.
SK needs to really do some soul searching and look at WHY they have such an awful track record despite being a relatively RICH country. it appears that culture of conformity and beaurocracy are largely to blame.
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The iteawon and the ferry were caused by luck of communication, and greediness in ther leaders mostly the ferry incident it showed how humans we can be greedy
South Koreans are always trying to top records 😂 if you put as much effort into things like sports and your military, you might be world-class. Shame.
RIP 🙏 could the pilot not have turned it around beforehand to stop hitting the wall 😢 😞
I thought Korea is suppose to be safer cause they dont typhoons and earthquakes.
Hardly any earthquakes - but they do have devastating typhoons every late summer/early autumn.
Sad start of year for Japan and Sad end of year for South Korea.
What happened in japan?
@@Walu355 On 2 January 2024 , Japan Airlines ( JAL ) Airbus A350 collided with Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 at Narita Airport runway.
@@Walu355January 1st, we had an earthquake and then the JAL crash on the 2nd and then a fire in Kyoto on the 3rd
There's no perfect
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2:41 hah, Sampoong mall collapse, i remember this news go viral in my country TV station for 3 days straight, never happened for any news from South Korea before
I think every number end in 4?
RIP
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