Panic was not the cause of the Love Parade disaster in Germany: study
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 07:20
in Psychology & Sociology
The ETH socio-physicist Dirk Helbing has examined why the Love Parade in Duisburg, two years ago, ended in disaster. The conclusion of his study: Many factors contributed to the disaster, but according to his interpretation of the tragedy, mass panic was not the cause, which contradicts a widespread view.