The Amagasaki Derailment | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"On the 25th of April, 2005, a seven-car commuter train passing through the Japanese city of Amagasaki catastrophically derailed..."

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Background
03:47 - The Amagasaki Derailment
05:48 - Aftermath and Investigation

MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
► "Nocturnally" by Amulets

SOURCES:
► "The derailment accident on the Fukuchiyama Line" from the West Japan Railway Group Integrated Report 2019. Available via: https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/ir...
► Seconds From Disaster: Runaway Train (Season Six, Episode Seven), directed by Rob Kaplan, broadcast by National Geographic, December 2012. More info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2602718/
► "Railway Accident Investigation Report" by the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission, June 2007. Available via: https://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/eng-rail_...
► JR West Safety Research Institute website, by JR West. Link: https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/ab...
► "Japan ex-rail chiefs cleared of fatal 2005 crash" published by BBC News, September 2013. Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia...

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