NTSB Press Release

[boston bean]

NTSB statement on erroneous confirmation of crew names
July 12
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.

http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2013/130712.html

The summer intern probably doesn't have a job any loger.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. there were two amazing things that happened here...

One was that the TV station didn't catch on that the names were fake. The second amazing thing was that they managed to call the NTSB and get an intern who agreed that the names were correct. That's not one but two F ups...

[Blackford]

2. He may be able to get a job at Comedy Central, though. n/t