Accidents on pleasure boats are surprisingly common overseas. The photo shows the sinking of a cruise ship in Hungary in 2019, in which 33 Korean tourists and two local crew members were killed (Photo: Afro) It’s hard to imagine an accident on a sightseeing boat. Perhaps we have been too careless with our booking applications. Could this accident have been avoided if we have been keener and more prepared with the information before our trip? “It would never have occurred to me that a sightseeing boat would capsize,” he said. And the course this time was not going out to sea, but along the wharf and back to the shore. I am sure the passengers had no idea of ​​the dangers involved. However, when you are dealing with nature, you never know what might happen. If there was anything we could have done before departure, it would have been to check the weather forecast.  I heard that there were warnings of strong winds and waves that day. If you think it’s not safe, canceling sightseeing is one of the options. However, traveling is for enjoyment, so you don’t think about the danger. I don’t want an accident like this to happen again. “ When a major accident occurs, the best thing we can do is to learn from it so that the tragedy will not be repeated. Kotaro Toriumi is an aviation and travel analyst and a part-time lecturer at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Teikyo University.