AIT TV Suspended by NBC for Bellview Plane Crash Site Pictures

AIT vs. NBC

After the authentic report by the African Independent Television (AIT) about the Bellview ill- fated  flight to Abuja, the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) cut AIT out off broadcasting for 14hrs.

Their offence?  Showing pictures of the crash site.

Do AIT deserve commendation or punishment for breaking the news which almighty CNN and our NTA could not give?

AIT was reopened as at yesterday evening(orders from above). I beleive AIT must have told us that the pictures they were going to show could be disturbing which is what the tv stations always say if they want to show gory pictures. afterall channels was not shut down for showing live, the burning to death of the 11yr old boy that was said to be a kidnapper?
AIT should be commended for giving correct information as to where the crash took place.

Really, there's nothing of that sort, the Lagos House of assembly has condemmed the action of NBC.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/cover/october05/25102005/f625102005.html

yes razor, i quite agree with u.
right now sha, AIT is only requesting for an apology from NBC.

There are two sides to this issue.
NTA announced that there were survivors and that its reporters had spoken to them, when the station had not even located the crash site. This is unprofessionalism on the part of NTA and that is how AIT justifies itself for showing those scenes.
But AIT was in itself unprofessional. They were right to show the scene but why the close ups........that's where unprofessionalism starts........when families have not been informed, when people are still wandering exactly what happened.....
I don't know what else to say but its not practised in the US and other northern countries. CNN would gladly show you pics of quake victims in Kashmir but not identifying properties of victims in US UNTIL families have been informed.  Why the difference? Its home and they don't want to put families in shock unprepared. Same for car crash victims, if the police have not located a family member, they won't give out the name to the press and even if the press find out, they won't publish it (except for softsells).

I have never seeing a country like this in my entire life, can you imagine prosecuting a right track finder. NBC or whatever should be ashamed of their act...

Inhabitants of the villages closest to the crash site reported TWO exposions - one from the sky above, and the second louder blast on impact.  This lends credence to the possibility that a bomb had indeed been planted on the Bellview aircraft, possibly with a timing device or altitude-sensitive detonation circuitry.  Given the fact that the pilot had no time to issue a distress radio call, the probability diminishes that mechanical failure or pilot error caused the sudden departure from controlled flight. 

If indeed a bomb caused the crash, then an ominous new chapter has opened in the Niger Delta conflict, spreading the perils beyond the immediate area of insurgency.

As an infrequent flier in Nigeria's unfriendly skies, I sure hope you are right that a bomb could not have caused the plane crash, Gentleone, but in the absence of an accident causative report by crash investigators, we are still dealing in the realm of conjecture regarding what bought that plane down.

I still harbor suspicions that a small explosive device could have disabled the plane's flight controls without blowing the aircraft to fragments, and that in such a circumstance the pilot may have had time to issue a mayday call, contrary to initial reports which claimed there was no radio call.

odeku  killing is not a big deal in nigeria.  i know lambert personally. he is a pilot with vast experience.  i don't speculate  the truth will come out one day

una dey hear am so?

Old cock-a-doodle Story!!!!

But its high time, the govt stopped harassing journalists who have to do their work to expose the excesses of the three tiers of govt.