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The unanswered calls to MH370 passengers reveal how information cascades — and collapses — in a crisis, exposing the gap between what families knew and what officials withheld.
Information AsymmetryCascade TheoryUncertainty AvoidanceCrisis Communication Theory
Theory Briefing
- Family members placed calls to MH370 passengers after disappearance, and phones rang — fueling theories the plane was still reachable.
- The phenomenon of calls connecting to missing phones mirrors information asymmetry theory, where officials held data families desperately lacked.
- Over a decade later, MH370 remains unsolved, making it a textbook case of how uncertainty cascades into permanent public distrust of institutions.