A 20-year-old wind turbine in South Korea recently collapsed, narrowly missing a parked car. The incident occurred at a wind farm on the country's east coast, around 4:40 p.m. on February 2nd. Local fire officials responded promptly, finding the turbine had snapped approximately a third of the way up the tower and crashed across the road. The timing was fortunate, as no cars were passing at the moment of collapse, but one car had parked on the shoulder to make a call, capturing the dramatic moment the tower buckled and the turbine fell. Reports indicate confusion over the wind farm's name, possibly due to AI-assisted translation, but it's likely the Yeongdeok wind farm, completed in 2005 with 25 1,650-kilowatt turbines, each 80 meters tall. The video shows the tower bending, but officials claim the turbine only buckled after a blade broke, causing the tower to lose balance. Yeongdeok County will investigate licensing and conduct safety inspections on the remaining 23 turbines, in collaboration with the federal government.
