NTSB apologizes for gaffe over Asiana pilot names

[Pat Conlon]

I was going to post this over in the jokes/humor section but this is no joke, a true story
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(Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board apologized on Friday after an intern mistakenly confirmed to a local television station fake names for the pilots of an Asiana flight that crashed in San Francisco.

"The National Transportation Safety Board apologizes for inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed as those of the pilots of Asiana flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6," the NTSB said in a statement.

"Earlier today, in response to an inquiry from a media outlet, a summer intern acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft," the NTSB said.

On Friday, an anchor for Oakland, California, station KTVU read a list of the supposed names of the pilots of the South Korean carrier on its noon broadcast after an employee apparently called the NTSB seeking to verify them.

The prank names were: Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow.

KTVU anchor Tori Campbell later came back in the same newscast and told viewers the names "were not accurate despite an NTSB official in Washington confirming them late this morning."

"We apologize for this error," she said.
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I suspect that the former NTSB intern is working for Jay Leno now....

[craigo]

Asiana pilots

The actual video of the news broadcast....

Amazing it got past the editor's desk.....

CraigO

[Bminder]

 
That's too funny!!!!!!

[1tinindian]

Unbelievable!

[CatTomb]

... and the resulting apology

Channel 2 News apology for incorrect names of the

where of course, they shift the blame to the NTSB.

Ho Lee Fuk didn't give someone at FOX news an itch in the back of their head?

May their translator, Mr. Wi Ta Did, missed one? 

[Bminder]

May their translator, Mr. Wi Ta Did, missed one? 

It took me awhile to figure that one out.

[movenon]

That's funny ! Shows you how desperate and gullable the news media is. 
George