Anyways, She read them like a #Boss haha This just in, we have the name of the NTSB intern who erroneously confirmed Aiana214 pilot names, she is … Anita Job. On Friday, Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU told viewers the purported names of the pilots on Asiana Flight 214. “The NTSB does not release or confirm the names of crewmembers or people involved in transportation accidents to the media. False? NTSB intern who erroneously confirmed #Asiana214 pilot names to KTVU has been released – @tomcostellonbc, @ryanmacasero @rungomez he is no longer an intern at the NTSB. What did you expect? Asiana flight pilots names. Some have suggested the crash itself likely damaged Asiana’s reputation more than the broadcasting of fake pilot names. Earlier this month, KTVU said the names of the pilots as “Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” “Ho Lee Fuk” … Gee, Capt. Those are like TOTALLY their names.” I mean that joke was filtering around a day after the crash. KTVU says it read the names to the intern and the intern confirmed. These are the same idiots who went out of their way to sell the obamarhoid. ? What Asiana is doing with this suit makes them look worse than they already did for the crash. Fake Pilot Fake Pilot 29 Sep 2016. short film. Are you serious?? The NTSB followed suit with an apology, blaming the mistake on a summer intern who “acted outside the scope of his authority.”. Surely, surely nobody took this seriously? And Asiana Airlines says it intends to sue KTVU over the false report. My personal favorites are “sent to the ‘excess pool'” and “redeployed” (as in “redeployable human resources”). Airheads delivering newscasts? Earth To Asiana: Your airline reputation crashed and burned because your flight crew crashed and burned doing a simple as dirt landing. The NTSB has canned the intern (who was probably unpaid) and that is that. Some things are best left to die a natural death. Job could not be reached for comment. Asiana should be focusing its legal resources on the victims and sorting out what happened, not some little joke in which the TV station was the entity that looked dumb. The younger Chinese, however, used simple english names like Polly, Susan, David, etc. Days after the incident, three veteran producers were dismissed by KTVU. The incident sparked outrage, as some asserted that fictitious names like “Captain Sum Ting Wong” and “Ho Lee Fuk” were racist and insensitive. I think Asiana is just using this to divert attention away from their failures. That plane crash landed on a San Francisco runway on July 6th, killing three and injuring over 180 passengers. office." Thanks, Mandy. That’s because whenever the subject is discussed, I am too convulsed with uncontrollable laughter! Who was it that said “the Government is us and we are doing the right thing”? Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Low, Ho Lee Fuk, Bang Ding Ow – HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! How do you look at Ho Lee Fuk or Sum Ting Wong and not think something is a bit off? Are Male Chicks Killed in Grinding Machines? So I’ll be the last to mock that unfortunate Channel 2 News reporter, Mi Dum Hak. KTVU Makes Racist Plane Crash Gaffe A TV station was pranked with fake names for pilots involved in an airline crash. A popular meme suggests that in 2008 ABC’s Good Morning America made dire predictions for the year... McDonald’s will begin selling mozzarella sticks nationwide beginning in 2016. Motion graphics showreel of Fake Pilot. Asiana has enough real problems to make this entirely insignificant. A KTVU employee told The Desk early Thursday morning that the names — Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow — were emailed to KTVU by a local aviation expert who has provided the station with reliable information in the past. Celebrating the weird and fake since 2008. Oh, it’s all like a Japanese diaper….. a saka hockey hung lo! Couldn’t stop laughing. Sum Ting Wong doesn’t sound too Korean, but what the heck… LOL. Short film by Fake Pilot … Made by people who wear knee pads when they meet management. And you confirm with an intern? In August 2013, KTVU began an effort to remove the embarrassing clip from YouTube. I see. Went viral because this is a great story. Let us know if the station ever fesses up to their source for the names in the first place. They have short fuses. Hiring decisions. Went to to NTSB and probably snapped. There has since been some additional fallout. …, The Remarkable Reason Why North Korea Hates Israel. I bet the intern was going along with what he/she thought was a prank call. Stephanie Millier, Dean Obeidallah and Reihan Salam discuss Asiana suing KTVU pver its use of racist fake pilot names. I’m not positive, but I think the original story said the names did indeed originally come from the NTSB. But as to damaged reputations, flying your plane into a sea wall will damage things a lot worse than some goofy punk prank read on air. That was by far the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long while. And the NTSB has confirmed these are the names of the pilots on board Flight 214 when it crashed. The NTSB also issued a statement, apologizing for the act of a “summer intern” who was responsible for the names: “A summer intern acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft,” its statement said. In it, the station maintains that an NTSB official confirmed the fake names: "Prior to air, the names were confirmed by an NTSB official in the agency’s Washington, D.C. Logo animation and sound FX for Ssideline City and Peak Performance in 2016. I hear the law firm of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe is accepting new clients. The problem will be proving “damages.” Although the individual pilots may be able to claim that their names are forever tainted with the fake names now, with Asiana suing on the pilot’s behalf. DEA Agent Lee Paige sued the DEA and the DEA was granted summary judgement. I laughed hysterically when I read those names. True? Which makes me think he must have searched online and found them when asked to confirm and just assumed they were accurate. WHY, YOU COULD DROP ME WITH A FEATHER! I suspect that it was helped along by the probability that if you collected the cerebral matter from all the craniums present at the station when this went down, you could not of made up a single complete brain with the lot. Just a guess, mind you…but yes, it has those hallmarks. We work hard to ensure that only appropriate factual information regarding an investigation is released and deeply regret today’s incident. Satire. No, the NTSB intern wasn’t the originating source. Want to bet that the intern was just being snarky and told the news sarcastically “Yeah, yeah. Sponsored links. What nobody is telling us is who gave this joke to the TV station in the first place. I have an Asian sister-in-law (not Korean,though). However, depending on the size of the litigation budget, Asiana might just threaten and bluster in order to get a settlement out of the station for Insurance policy limits. The Pakistani Government has grounded hundreds of unlicensed pilots, as the country’s aviation minister revealed almost 30% of pilots hold “fake” licenses.. There is one other small thing that happened recently that is damaging to their reputation, and they can’t sue their way out of it. At birth their parents give them Chinese names, of course, but they also give them English names to be used when they grow up for business. And, other times? KTVU won’t say who at the station got those names or where they got them. She said the report seriously damaged Asiana’s reputation. Sometimes made by people with high pay. Sponsored Links News anchor Tori Campbell reported that the names had been “confirmed” with the NTSB and read them over an on-screen graphic showing the names alongside a photo of the burned aircraft: I guess that all of this is related to the new culture that says nothing is my fault! The NTSB and San Francisco Fox affiliate KTVU were forced to apologize after airing fake and offensive names of the pilots in the Asiana flight that crashed earlier this month. Talk about brainless. “The NTSB intern has apparently been released from his job…” When I saw reference made to an intern working for the Federal Government, I was wondering if it was Monica Lewinsky…. I guess you get what you pay for. TV Anchor Reads Fake 'Pilot Names' in On-Air Fail of the Year. Lan Tu Lo. The NTSB and San Francisco Fox affiliate KTVU were forced to apologize after airing fake and offensive names of the pilots in the Asiana flight that crashed earlier this month. We are working to determine what roles each of them played during the landing on Saturday.”, After a commercial break, Campbell stated that “these names were not accurate, despite an NTSB official in Washington confirming this information late this morning. I seem to recall reading that Koreans are notorious for prejudice against non-Koreans. “She said the report seriously damaged Asiana’s reputation.”. Buzzfeed – TV Anchor Reads Fake, Racist “Pilot Names” In On-Air Fail Of The Year [16] Gawker – KTVU Reports Asiana Air Pilots Were “Sum Ting Wong” and “Ho Lee Fuk” [17] Uproxx – San Fran Area News Station KTVU: Asiana Flight 214 Pilots Were Named ‘Sum Ting Wong’ & ‘Ho Lee Fuk’ The problem was that the names — “Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” “Ho Lee Fuk” and “Bang Ding Ow” — were obviously fake. Sheesh…, >>”She said the report seriously damaged Asiana’s reputation…”. suing over it in court just makes sure more people hear about it, and makes them look stupider than they already do. I interact with Taiwanese every day in my job. Dummies. Asiana has decided to sue KTVU-TV to “strongly respond to its racially discriminatory report” that disparaged Asians, Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin said. The attorney is named Me Sue You. We apologize for this error.”, KTVU also issued an apology on their website, stating, “We made several mistakes when we received this information. We covered the whole ordeal here at Legal Insurrection. I honestly had not seen this post when I posted the REAL name of Asiana’s corporate counsel – Wi Tsu Yu. A local TV anchor in Oakland was duped into reading off a list of names that she claimed were the pilots in the Asiana Flight 214 crash. Several minutes before the moment the fake names of the Asiana Airlines pilots aired prematurely on KTVU News, a veteran staffer-- awarding winning TV News journalist, Roland De Wolk, (one of the four fired at the station over the incident), passed the names over to newsroom staffers whose duty was to make sure the names were authentic, according to a broadcast source close to the station. As for Asiana suing the station…kinda reminds me of the DEA agent who shot himself in the foot while demonstrating his gun-handling skills to a grade school assembly and then shot himself in the foot again, figuratively speaking, when he sued the DEA for releasing the video of the incident. Well, except that the DEA jerk-off actually sued and got money. Really? I don’t even want to look at those names again-crack up every time. So it shouldn't come as a huge surprise that someone slipped fake names of the four pilots of Asiana Flight 214 to the local Fox affiliate, KTVU. A California TV station and NTSB intern are facing more fallout today, after an embarrassing mistake led a KTVU anchor to read on-air the (obviously) fake pilot names of Asiana Flight 214. Twitter Rumor: Sanda Bland Mugshot Edited, Revisiting The Carolyn Gudger Sullivan Central High Incident, Odd News Flashback: Snake Eats Crocodile in Australia, Walmart Employee Fired for Reporting Dog Locked in Hot Truck. Speaking to the Pakistani National Assembly, Ghulam Sarwar Khan announced that 262 pilots “did not take the [pilot] exam themselves”.A CNN report has revealed that these pilots paid someone else to sit their exams. What is wild is that the TV station read the names to that NTSB intern and STILL didn’t pick up on the joke! We heard this person verify the information without questioning who they were and then rushed the names on our noon newscast.”. More than 30% of civilian pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses and are not qualified to fly, the country's aviation minister revealed Wednesday. At birth their parents give them English names, like Cooper, or Lawrence or Chris. Lee did not elaborate. KTVU has just learned the names of the four pilots who were on board the flight. station called ntsb in good faith. The typo came after DeWolk was fired, along with special projects producer Christina Gastelu and producer Brad Belstock, for a false news report about the names of the pilots on Asiana Flight 214. The station called the NTSB to confirm the names…but where did the station come up with the names? Quote: Is this an unpaid intern? how can they sue? How did this make it on the air? As someone who is married to an Asian, who has two (adopted) Korean grandchildren and a future Korean daughter-in-law, I find it difficult to discuss these fictitious names objectively or rationally. I’m not sure but I can remember from my chat days that often Chinese would use English names of their own choosing obviously. Proof journalists are idiots. KTVU, NTSB Apologize for Airing Fake Offensive Pilot Names, Seth MacFarlane Missed a Doomed 9/11 Flight, 1990s Odd News: “Too Cool to do Drugs” Pencils, About That “To All You Hunters” Newspaper Clipping, City Council: Library Cat Is Evicted From Home Of Six Years, British Firm Creates Putrid Comet-Smelling Perfume, McMac N Cheese? News cast from KTVU News in Oakland CA. Below is a video which shows the original report from KTVU. NTSB says intern confirmed incorrect names of Asiana pilots, causing an Oakland TV station to air an embarrassing correction. You sure it wasn’t landing a plane into a sea wall that did that? ASIANA Airlines may sue an American TV station which aired fake and racially offensive names for four pilots on Flight 214 which crashed, killing three people, in San Francisco. Insides. or if they don’t do it my old firm “Covet n Yermoney” would probably take the case. Fake Pilot Fake Pilot 22 Aug 2019. intro. The British says “declared redundant.” lol, I actually got a layoff notice once reading “You have been declared surplus”. Protected speech. McDonald’s Test Marketing Mac N Cheese, Meme Fact Check: Good Morning America’s 2008 Predictions for 2015, Mozzarella Sticks Coming to McDonald’s in 2016, The Marasca Report: Italy’s Exoneration of Amanda Knox. crash landing a plane full of people because no one was watching the trainee to make sure he was making a proper approach is more damaging to their rep than someone getting away with a practical joke. A California TV station and NTSB intern are facing more fallout today, after an embarrassing mistake led a KTVU anchor to read on-air the (obviously) fake pilot names of Asiana Flight 214. Copyright © 2008-2016 Wafflesatnoon.com, Inc. Theme by MVP Themes, powered by Wordpress. The Station might be would be strictly liable for “republishment” because they knew (or should have known) that the names were fake. The TV station later apologized for the error, on-air and online, noting that it had first confirmed the names with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Asiana decided not to sue the NTSB because it said it was the TV station report, not the U.S. federal agency that damaged the airline’s reputation. At least four people reportedly read the prank names — Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow — before anchor Tori Campbell read them during a noon newscast July 12. Then, during our phone call to the NTSB where the person confirmed the spellings of the names, we never asked that person to give us their position with the agency. , Legal Insurrection, All Rights Reserved. They are Captain Sum Ting Wong, We Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow. Is there something wrong with “sacked” or “fired” ? Don’t know about other Asian cultures, but I interact with journalists every day. ... “He did not know they were fake names,” Nantel said. The names don’t even look Korean. In no way did that reflect on the airline. Does anyone know if other Asian cultures do the same? Asiana spokesman Lee Hyomin announced that the airlines will sue KTVU for damaging its reputation by broadcasting the offensive names. ASIANA Airlines may sue an American TV station which aired fake and racially offensive names for four pilots on Flight 214 which crashed, killing three people, in San Francisco. First, we never read the names out loud, phonetically sounding them out. She was inflating the “Otto” pilot, huh? The airline at the centre of a San Francisco plane crash that killed three people says it will sue a broadcaster for mistakenly airing fake pilot names. But after J-school they often adopt names more aligned with their pet social causes, a “nom de journo” if you will. Intern was probably bitted because he worked for Obama and got zilch and then worked for Elizabeth Warren and the Cherokee Princess who wants a $22 minimum wage didn’t pay the intern either. Some McDonald’s locations in the Cleveland area are offering Mac N Cheese on menus. Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such a serious error is not repeated.”. She said the airline will likely file suit in U.S. courts. They have a higher burden as a “news” organization.