Asiana Airlines Suing KTVU for Running Fake Names of Pilots of Crashed Aircraft
Their aircraft crashed and they're suing a news channel. OK THEN
Asiana Airlines announced Monday that it was going to sue a San Francisco TV station that it said damaged the airline's reputation by using bogus and racially offensive names for four pilots on a plane that crashed earlier this month in San Francisco.
An anchor for KTVU-TV read the names on the air Friday and then apologizedafter a break. The report was accompanied by a graphic with the phony names listed alongside a photo of the burned-out plane that had crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, killing three and injuring dozens.
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I'd expect Reason to publish the fake names. They appear to be:
Cptn Sum Din Wong
Wei Too Lo
Holy f*ck
Bang, ding, ow! (The sounds of the plane crashing).