Posted on YouTube on Jul 12, 2013 were the alleged pilots' names aboard crashed Asiania Flight 214 revealed during televised broadcast by KTVU.com, a member of the Cox Media Group:
Sum Ting Wong (something wrong)
Wi Tu Lo (why too low)
Ho Lee Fuk (holy f*ck)
Bang Ding Ow (bang, ding, ouch)
The apology by KTVU for incorrectly naming the pilots later that same day – also captured for posterity on YouTube.
KTVU went on to blame the US National Transport Safety Board:
In KTVU’s Noon newscast on Friday, July 12th, the station misidentified the pilots involved in the Asiana Airlines crash at SFO.
Prior to air, the names were confirmed by an NTSB official in the agency’s Washington, D.C. office. Despite that confirmation, KTVU realized the names that aired were not accurate and issued an apology later in the newscast.
The correct names of the pilots in the cockpit were Lee Gang-guk and Lee Jeong-Min.
“We sincerely regret the error and took immediate action to apologize, both in the newscast where the mistake occurred, as well as on our website and social media sites,” said Tom Raponi, KTVU/KICU Vice President & General Manager. “Nothing is more important to us than having the highest level of accuracy and integrity, and we are reviewing our procedures to ensure this type of error does not happen again.”
In its turn the National Transport Safety Board blamed a summer intern.
In its turn the National Transport Safety Board blamed a summer intern.
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