As more details are coming out about the Asiana Airlines plane crash which claimed two lives and injured 181 passengers, Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller ‘Outliers’ has been widely quoted in articles and online venues. The book points Korea's hierarchical culture as the main contributing factor of the 1997 Korean Airlines Plane Crash [1] at Guam airport. The Marmots Hole blog commented [2] on such analysis.
Korean Culture to Blame in Asiana Crash?
· Written by Lee Yoo Eun
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