Busan’s Biggest Fireworks Festival Ruined By Teenagers’ Prank
The 19th Busan Fireworks Festival went completely haywire due to a prank pulled by three teenagers.
The Busan Fireworks Festival is the biggest fireworks show in the city, occurring annually in Autumn along Gwangalli Beach. The festival features multiple programs and cultural events and draws over one million visitors each year. It is such a premier event in the city that the metropolitan government dispatched 6,700 city and police officials on the event day this year to ensure public safety.
The 2024 Busan Fireworks Festival, held on November 9, KST, was reportedly ruined due to an unexpected technical failure caused by three teenagers’ unauthorized entry into the control room. According to the organizing committee, the teens entered the control room and touched a cable connected to light controls on the Gwangandaegyo bridge while being escorted out by security. It led to a communications error that the organizers were unable to fix during the show.
The festival’s hottest attraction is the fireworks show, which includes lights illuminating the 7.4 km bridge in synchronization. Despite delaying the show by 10 minutes, the technicians on site were unable to fix the lights.
The incident has left the organizers flustered, as they were unable to quickly fix the situation. Committee officials have vowed to prepare backup solutions for next year’s event.
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