Pathetic journalism...

[Peter Ward]

This story was shown by the SMH today...

http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-...723-2qfje.html

The facts as far as I can tell are: after a successful landing, the nose gear collapsed, all passengers and crew left the aircraft without significant injury via the slides. (leave via the slide-rafts and some one will probably break a fingernail).

Bugger.

Yet, in the same piece we are told it was a *crash landing* and 8 were injured, plus two died in a (not stated but, totally unrelated ) aviation incident on the other side of the USA about 2 weeks earlier

This is tacky BS IMHO. The media *really* need to be given a reality check.

[LewisM]

Since when has the media ever got ANYTHING to do with aviation correct???

One of the better ones I remember, though only a word faux-pas was a reporter claiming the aircraft did a cannon-roll. I assume she meant BARREL roll...I suppose a cannon has a barrel after all...

[Clarry (Clayton)]

Just look how fast this journo thought Felix was travelling.
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...cket/Felix.jpg

[LewisM]

Felix, the missing trans-light particle!

[Ric]

Reminds me of that old saying Peter.

"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story"

[DavidTrap (David)]

And the woman running away from the emergency slide is clearly carrying her hand luggage.

DT

[UniPol]

Well, 2nd hand news, who know's what the real facts are.

[von Tom (Tom)]

Well, it's an older link but still relevant today -
The Lazy Journalists' Aviation Story Generator:
http://radans.net/jens/planestory.html
Have fun!!

Tom

[taminga16 (Greg)]

It's not new Peter,
Our female PM purchased some new spectacles and the story ran for 7 days, the Opposition Leader suggested that every Australian womens place was on the end of an iron and it got 5 minutes.
Greg.