Intern blamed for leaking fake names of pilots aboard plane that crashed in San Francisco

[Radio Flyer]

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A summer intern acting “outside the scope of his authority” is responsible for erroneously confirming the names of the pilots aboard the Asiana Airlines flight that crashed Saturday to an Oakland news station, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

During a live newscast Friday, KTVU Channel 2 reported the names of the flight crew as: “Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” “Ho Lee Fuk,” and “Bang Ding Ow.”

Asiana Flight 214 collided with a rocky seawall at San Francisco Airport, just short of its intended runway last Saturday. Three people were killed and dozens of others injured. Investigators have said the plane came in too low and slow.

A representative for the transportation agency would not say whether the intern was fired for blunder. “We’ve taken the appropriate action,” Kelly Nantel told the National Post.

The agency’s policy is to never release or confirm the names of crew members or people involved in transportation accidents to media, Ms. Nantel said.

The station reacted by quickly issuing an apology later on during the newscast as well as on its website and social media accounts, but that didn’t prevent major media outlets including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and CNN from scooping up the story.

“We made several mistakes when we received this information. First, we never read the names out loud, phonetically sounding them out,” read the statement.
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Source: [url]http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/12/sum-ting-wong-intern-blamed-for-leaking-fake-names-of-pilots-aboard-plane-that-crashed-in-san-francisco/[/url]

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[sir whoopsalot]

[quote]A representative for the transportation agency would not say whether the intern was fired for blunder. “We’ve taken the appropriate action,” Kelly Nantel told the National Post.[/quote]
They've fired him.

[Spookly]

Did nobody stop for a second and even read the names? even by just reading them in your head, surely you can tell something's wrong

[JerryK]

[QUOTE=HAKKAR!!!;41445096]Did nobody stop for a second and even read the names?[/QUOTE]

news people aren't exactly the smartest

[Bridger]

I'm amazed she said those names in all seriousness, most other people would have lost their shit at Sum Ting Wong.

[Gustafa]

I'm going to hell.

[DOG-GY]

ho lee fuk is great

[demoguy08]

Summer intern? Worth it

[Omali]

They should have thought at the first name that sum ting was wong. Ho lee fuk.

[FLIPPY]

[QUOTE=DOG-GY;41445252]ho lee fuk is great[/QUOTE]
LOL I KNOW RIGHT

[Take yo]

i only got the Ho Lee Fuk one

[deathstarboot]

[QUOTE=Take yo;41445536]i only got the Ho Lee Fuk one[/QUOTE]

"Something wrong

We too low

Holy fuck

Bang Ding ow"

[DOG-GY]

[QUOTE=FLIPPY;41445512]LOL I KNOW RIGHT[/QUOTE]
stop post

[norfside noddie]

Saw the image on my FB feed, and thought it was some kind of lame shoop at first

but oh lord this is just something else

[FingerSpazem]

So dumb, even if those names didn't sound out what they do they're so obviously fake.

[WinstonGreen]

[QUOTE=HAKKAR!!!;41445096]Did nobody stop for a second and even read the names? even by just reading them in your head, surely you can tell something's wrong[/QUOTE]

Sur Li - Yu Can Tel - Sum Ting Wong

[Troll]

Too bad these Chinese "name" jokes have been around since the Big Bang.

[Spartan8907]

I find this hilarious and all, but what's bothering me is did a fucking fire truck really hit one of the injured/dead passengers? What the flying fuck?

[fruxodaily]

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