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Most Expensive Mistakes in All History – Part 3

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Science, Society & Culture, History, Leisure, Documentary

5710 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Everybody makes mistakes, but even some of the smallest slip ups can have colossal consequences that end up costing an absolute fortune! So, following on from Parts 1 and 2, here’s even more massive mistakes with price tags that’ll blow your mind.  



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Everybody makes mistakes, but even some of the smallest slip-ups can have colossal consequences that end up costing an absolute fortune.

0:09.0

So, following on from Parts 1 and 2, here's even more massive mistakes with price tags that are going to blow your mind.

0:19.9

You're listening. You're listening to be amazed.

0:27.6

The Nang Fai'au Bridge was an arch bridge that linked two sides of Taiwan's Neng Fowl Fishing Port.

0:33.6

But the 460-foot-long structure was struck by a monumental catastrophe on October 1st, 2019.

0:41.7

As an unsuspecting oil tanker passed over at, the entire bridge suddenly warped and collapsed 60

0:47.4

feet into the waters below. The tanker looked briefly like it was going to make it, but it too

0:53.2

was sent hurtling into the port.

0:55.7

As it fell, three shipping boats were crushed beneath tons of falling steel and concrete,

1:00.5

while 500 others were trapped inside the harbor.

1:03.8

The collapse cost the lives of six fishermen with a further 10 people injured,

1:08.0

but the price of this crisis would soon rise even higher. Because the

1:12.5

bridge was just 20 years old, an investigation was launched into the cause of its collapse.

1:17.8

At first, many blamed the wind and rains of a typhoon that had struck the harbor several days

1:22.5

before, but it was soon revealed that this accident had been years in the making.

1:28.3

Rain and salt water had leaked into the anchoring mechanisms over the years causing its metal to rust away.

1:34.3

Steel cables in some places were so badly corroded, cross sections revealed they were just 22% functional.

1:41.3

And to make it all worse, no inspections had been carried out on the bridge for

1:45.2

over four years. It was soon uncovered that poor bridge management was responsible for missing

1:51.8

these flaws in inspection reports leading to the catastrophic collapse. The accident ultimately

1:57.7

cost the government over $160,000 in compensation, and the estimates for

2:02.8

a replacement bridge started at an eye-watering $16.8 million. But that has quickly climbed

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