A local US TV news station has been forced to make an embarrassing apology after being tricked into reporting incorrect, racist names for the pilots who crash landed at San Francisco airport.
TVU anchor Tori Campbell reported live on air that "Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow" were piloting the Asiana Boeing 777 when it crashed last weekend. Campbell said the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) had confirmed the pilots' names. "We are working to determine what roles each of them played during the landing on Saturday," she said. Campbell apologized for the mistake on air later that day but pointed the finger at the government organisation saying, "These names were not accurate despite an NTSB official confirming them this morning". The NTSB released a statement saying the error was the fault of a summer intern who "acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft."
TSB spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said the agency had a policy not to release the names of crew members involved in accidents to the media.She said steps were being taken to ensure the error did not happen again. Two Chinese teens were killed and 180 of the 307 people on board were hurt on Saturday when the airliner slammed into a seawall at the end of the runway. A third victim, a child, died of their injuries yesterday. The impact ripped off the back of the plane, tossed out three flight attendants and scattered pieces of the jet across the runway as it spun and skidded to a stop.
The battered passengers, some with broken bones, were told over the jet's public address system to stay in their seats for another 90 seconds while the cockpit consulted with the control tower, a safety procedure to prevent people from evacuating into life-threatening fires or machinery. Authorities are investigating whether one of the two teens who died may have been run over by a fire truck rushing to the burning jet. The NTSB is investigating whether pilot error may have been a factor in the crash.
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TVU anchor Tori Campbell reported live on air that "Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow" were piloting the Asiana Boeing 777 when it crashed last weekend. Campbell said the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) had confirmed the pilots' names. "We are working to determine what roles each of them played during the landing on Saturday," she said. Campbell apologized for the mistake on air later that day but pointed the finger at the government organisation saying, "These names were not accurate despite an NTSB official confirming them this morning". The NTSB released a statement saying the error was the fault of a summer intern who "acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft."
TSB spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said the agency had a policy not to release the names of crew members involved in accidents to the media.She said steps were being taken to ensure the error did not happen again. Two Chinese teens were killed and 180 of the 307 people on board were hurt on Saturday when the airliner slammed into a seawall at the end of the runway. A third victim, a child, died of their injuries yesterday. The impact ripped off the back of the plane, tossed out three flight attendants and scattered pieces of the jet across the runway as it spun and skidded to a stop.
The battered passengers, some with broken bones, were told over the jet's public address system to stay in their seats for another 90 seconds while the cockpit consulted with the control tower, a safety procedure to prevent people from evacuating into life-threatening fires or machinery. Authorities are investigating whether one of the two teens who died may have been run over by a fire truck rushing to the burning jet. The NTSB is investigating whether pilot error may have been a factor in the crash.
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