Bart Simpson moment NTSB apology over fake pilot names Meanwhile, the National Transportation Safety Board has apologised after an intern mistakenly confirmed to a local television station racially offensive fake names for the pilots of the flight. "The National Transportation Safety Board apologises 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." A presenter for Oakland station KTVU read a list of the supposed names of the pilots on its noon broadcast after an employee apparently called the NTSB seeking to verify them. The names appear to mock the events of the crash. 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 programme and told viewers the names "were not accurate despite an NTSB official in Washington confirming them late this morning". "We apologise for this error," she said.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 09:50:37 +0000
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