sinking of the MV Sewol

On the morning of Wednesday, 16 April 2014, the ferry MV Sewol sank while en route from Incheon towards Jeju City in South Korea. The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST.

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Which happened first?

• sinking of the MV Sewol happened 1 year after Riga supermarket roof collapse
• sinking of the MV Sewol happened 1 year before Mecca crane collapse
• sinking of the MV Sewol happened 2 years after Port Said Stadium riot
• sinking of the MV Sewol happened 3 years before Grenfell Tower fire
• sinking of the MV Sewol happened 5 years after July 2009 Ürümqi riots

Timeline

1. July 2009 Ürümqi riotsJuly 5, 2009
2. Port Said Stadium riotFebruary 1, 2012
3. Riga supermarket roof collapseNovember 21, 2013
4. sinking of the MV Sewol (this page)April 16, 2014
5. Mecca crane collapseSeptember 11, 2015
6. Grenfell Tower fireJune 14, 2017

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