17.7M views · Apr 16, 2019 · 28:51 · 1 HN recommender · 4 mentions · discussed 2020–2024
A New Yorker short documentary about the 2014 sinking of the Sewol ferry in South Korea, based on the film In the Absence. It examines the failures in the rescue and the political aftermath.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN mostly cites it as an example of institutional failure and deference to hierarchy during a disaster.
“If you're interested in light retrospectives this is ok for a modern day ferry disaster”
Light retrospective on a modern ferry disaster
If you're interested in light retrospectives this is ok for a modern day ferry disaster - What Went Wrong in the South Korean Ferry Disaster? (28 mins) this video The MS Estonia also has doco's on Youtube
“Social norms (face, status) above common sense.”
Example of social norms trumping common sense in disasters
This somehow resembles both Fukushima and Korean Sewol disaster 'recovery efforts', this video . Social norms (face, status) above common sense.
link this video A friend of mine was involved with computer forensics on recovered cellphones on this one. Just awful.
“Lets not forget Sewol disaster 'recovery efforts'”
Cites Sewol failure where no rescue was attempted pending a decision
> There's even a case where this resulted in an air disaster Lets not forget Sewol disaster 'recovery efforts' this video link where no rescue was even attempted before letting President decide (establishing video feed to command center).
