The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes
Gladwell describes in great detail Korean Air Flight 801’s plane crash that occurred in 1997, killing most of its passengers. This was just one of many crashes Korean Airlines experienced; in fact, the airline was so bad that they were denounced by countries and organizations. However, they turned themselves around and were eventually able to rebound into success. Gladwell outlines some of the things that helped them succeed.
To explain, Gladwell uses the 1990 crash of Colombian airliner Avianca, Flight 052. In this...
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