Ryongchon disaster

When

22 Apr 2004

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

39.98° N, 124.46° E

Description

train wreck

Deaths

54

2004 train wreck in North Korea

The Ryongchŏn disaster was a train disaster that occurred on 22 April 2004 in the town of Ryongchŏn, North Korea, near the border with the People's Republic of China. At least 54 people were killed in the disaster.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ryongchon disaster: Two trains carrying explosives and fuel collide in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing 161 people, injuring 1,300 and destroying thousands of…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei dem Zugunglück von Ryongchŏn werden in Nordkorea durch die Explosion eines mit Ammoniumnitrat beladenen Zuges über 160 Menschen getötet, etwa 1.300…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Ryongchŏn (Corea del Norte) colisionan dos trenes cargados de combustible, matando a más de 150 personas e hiriendo a 1300 (Desastre de Ryongchon)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “北朝鮮で龍川駅列車爆発事故が発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page