Watson: Mekka probably won't be ever fully controllable

Professor Dirk Helbing commented on the recent stampede near Mecca.  

by Petra Parikova

external pageThe article was published in Watson in September 2015. The interview with Dirk Helbing was conducted by Spiegel Online.

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Why are there so many accidents during Hajj? How is a stampede created? Crowd-disaster expert Dirk Helbing commented on the recent stampede near Mecca in Spiegel Online. "Mekka probably won't be ever fully controllable," Helbing said.

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