Let’s look into the Incheon Airport limousine bus accident that happened on May 17, 2001.
Kim Min-seok, an Incheon Airport limousine bus driver.
Dragging his exhausted body...
He starts his route.
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More and more passengers boarding.
Soon, entering the Incheon Airport Expressway...
*Screeeech*
"OMG, what's wrong with that bus?"
Entering Incheon Airport, but...
The driver's mind and body were already operating separately.
"Mister!!! Wake up!! Mister!!!"
The bus starts swerving.
The bus eventually...
Smashes into the billboard support on the right side of the road.
Real-time footage.
Two passengers died and 11 were seriously injured in this accident.
However, airport bus drivers said this accident was bound to happen...
In fact, when an MBC 'Camera Out-front' reporter observed an airport bus driver at the time...
The driver starts yawning and then nodding off.
Current speed: 100km/h.
Rubbing eyes.
Tries opening the window.
Doesn't seem to help much.
Tried another route...
This driver also kept nodding off the entire way from Incheon Airport to Gangnam.
At the time, most airport bus drivers worked 18-hour shifts on an every-other-day basis.
Working all day and resting the next.
Drivers for some companies claimed they covered 700 to 800km a day, but resting time was extremely insufficient. Furthermore, because about half of the route was on the highway, buses traveling to and from Incheon Airport were always at risk of drowsy driving. The company involved in the accident reportedly switched to two shifts a day too late, but it’s curious how long this every-other-day shift system actually lasted. That's all.
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