In what has to be one of the more embarrassing cock-ups in TV news history, KTVU, a Bay Area news station announced on its noon show today that the pilots of the Asiana flight 214 which crashed as it attempted to land at San Francisco airport last Saturday were named, and I am not making this up, “Sum Ting Wong,” “Wi Tu Lo,” “Ho Lee Fuk,” and “Bang Ding Ow.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU2m3xf99R4

An apology was also posted on station’s Web site which reiterated that “… the names were confirmed by an NTSB official in the agency’s Washington, D.C. office.”

Interestingly, Gawker notes that:

NTSB Public Affairs Officer Peter Knudson just told Gawker that the NTSB’s policy is to never give out pilot names in these situations, which contradicts KTVU’s claims. “I don’t know who [KTVU] got that from, but we do not release names,” he said.

I’d guess someone, somewhere is going to get fired.

The National Transportation Safety Board apologizes 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.

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.

The NTSB does not release or confirm the names of crewmembers or people involved in transportation accidents to the media. We work hard to ensure that only appropriate factual information regarding an investigation is released and deeply regret today’s incident.

Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such a serious error is not repeated.

Of course, the summer intern did not act “outside the scope of his authority” … that’s just a mealy-mouthed way of saying that the intern pulled practical joke in bad taste and the NTSB has a gaping hole in its standard operating procedures.

Source:forbes


Holy Bleep

That's messed up and funny as hell

Blood of God!!!! Wetin I be

Funny but offensive.

A summer intern? That won't go down well.

Ok

Yeah, she was suspended because of the gaffe but the whole episode is really funny.
'Some Thing Wrong' for Sum Tin Wong
'We Too Low' for Wi Tu Lo
Holy F**k for Ho Lee Fuk
'Bang The Hole' for Bang Ding Ow
oh my God! How I love Asian names. lol.
I guess they will need the services of an experienced lawyer called 'Ai Wee Su' (I will sue)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! =D good one!

Ho lee fuk

Z dat guy a NLer? Spambot things

delors: Yeah, she was suspened adterwards for the gaffe but the whole episode is really funny.
'Some Thing Wrong' for Sum Tin Wong
'We Too Low' for Wi Tu Lo
Holy F**k for Ho Lee Fuk
'Bang The Hole' for Bang Ding Ow
oh my God! How I love Asian names. lol.

Get outta here you.

We've all read.

delors: Yeah, she was suspended because of the gaffe but the whole episode is really funny.
'Some Thing Wrong' for Sum Tin Wong
'We Too Low' for Wi Tu Lo
Holy F**k for Ho Lee Fuk
'Bang The Hole' for Bang Ding Ow
oh my God! How I love Asian names. lol.
I guess they will need the services of an experienced lawyer called 'Ai Wee Su' (I will sue)

sabi sabi Band Ding Ow is more like noise made before explosion.

hmm you insult d master of the dragon fist ! i will revenge my master ! Prepare to die !*sets d dragon fist style

Ha ha, see how the news caster even take style to pronounce the 3rd name "Fuk" ..... chei people seriously mugu'd this news station no be small!

collynzo2: sabi sabi Band Ding Ow is more like noise made before explosion.

haha bro, you dey here again? Which kind sound be 'bang Ding Ow'? na from your village that kind one dey sound o...as far as me concern, that sounds like 'Bang The Hole'! Deal with it

delors:
haha bro, you dey here again? Which kind sound be 'bang Ding Ow'? na from your village that kind one dey sound o...as far as me concern, that sounds like 'Bang The Hole'! Deal with it

Enjoy your ignorance bro.

Sorry oh,
but am I supposed to laugh?

Rap maestro: u be f00l o, u quoted everyfin and still miscalculated cos u're definately not the first to comment but fagg to comment, DANCE TO HELL WITH YOUR F**KING AZONTO BANG THE HOLE fool

FRUSTRATED OLD ANIMAL................ABEG WAKA GO FRONT

delors:
haha bro, you dey here again? Which kind sound be 'bang Ding Ow'? na from your village that kind one dey sound o...as far as me concern, that sounds like 'Bang The Hole'! Deal with it

[url=http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/what-does-%91bang-ding-ow%92-mean-ar-4299973.html]what does Bang Ding Ow mean ?[/url]
I believe @collynzo2 is correct.

ArQueBusieR: Funny but offensive.

Seconded!

delors: Yeah, she was suspended because of the gaffe but the whole episode is really funny.
'Some Thing Wrong' for Sum Tin Wong
'We Too Low' for Wi Tu Lo
Holy F**k for Ho Lee Fuk
'Bang The Hole' for Bang Ding Ow
oh my God! How I love Asian names. lol.
I guess they will need the services of an experienced lawyer called 'Ai Wee Su' (I will sue)

I guess a lawyer named 'Mi Su Yu' will be more appropriate in this case.

delors:
haha bro, you dey here again? Which kind sound be 'bang Ding Ow'? na from your village that kind one dey sound o...as far as me concern, that sounds like 'Bang The Hole'! Deal with it

Like it or not bro you are wrong
All those names coincide with expressions of the pilots before or during the crash
And yes bang and ding are sounds of a crash and ow is the expression of someone who probably hit his head so where does "bang the hole" feature here you pervert

If you check correctly, the names are supposed to be things said when they realised something bad is gonna happen to the plane

Sum Tin Wong - something is wrong

Wi Tu Low - we are too low

Ho Lee Fuk - holy f**k

Bang Ding Ow - bang...ding...ouch *like the sound made in cartoons when something crash lands*

binhozie:

Like it or not bro you are wrong
All those names coincide with expressions of the pilots before or during the crash
And yes bang and ding are sounds of a crash and ow is the expression of someone who probably hit his head so where does "bang the hole" feature here you pervert

Hey perverted Judge! Easy on yourself...why commit suicide because someone else likens a sound he hears to something else?

supaeagles: [url=http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/what-does-%91bang-ding-ow%92-mean-ar-4299973.html]what does Bang Ding Ow mean ?[/url]
I believe @collynzo2 is correct.

Yeah, i think so too...its just a gaffe anyway. Thanks

collynzo2: Enjoy your ignorance bro.

Oh I see. It shows they were about to crash land? oh ok. Thanks for leading me out of ignorance. You will be remembered!

I see u,holy f*ck.funny bt why make fun of the dead?rip to them though

Shooo!!!!!

formula89: I see u,holy f*ck.funny bt why make fun of the dead?rip to them though

None of the pilots died.