San Francisco plane crash:

[OwlHoot]

Bearing in mind other countries have funny names such as Mike Hunt and Fanny Chmelar (actual name for German alpine skier) I think it is a bit lame to be calling something racist when you are just playing with words but that is the modern world for you I guess. Even imitation of someone from a different country is racist now.

WHS, which was why I asked.

Maybe the Telegraph, being now but a pale shadow of its former self, believes that being hyper-sensitive to imaginary racism will help it poach Guardian and Independent readers.

[NickFitz]

...I think it is a bit lame to be calling something racist when you are just playing with words but that is the Daily Telegraph for you I guess. Even imitation of someone from a different country is racist now.

FTFY. As I pointed out above, it's only the Telegraph that has talked of the names being "racially offensive", not the TV station or the NTSB.

[northernladuk]

Bearing in mind other countries have funny names such as Mike Hunt and Fanny Chmelar (actual name for German alpine skier) I think it is a bit lame to be calling something racist when you are just playing with words but that is the modern world for you I guess. Even imitation of someone from a different country is racist now.

[Paddy]

Prof. Wan King - United Kingdom | LinkedIn

[Spacecadet]

It's not as if these names don't exist in real life

Kim Yoo-Suk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.oddee.com/item_96755.aspx

[KentPhilip]

Fuk Nos?

Fuk Nos doesn't know either. His friend Nos Ere Ting does though..

[NickFitz]

The only place the word "racially" is used is in the Telegraph story. It's not in the NTSB statement nor in the TV station's apology.

[AtW]

Because it mocks Chinese/Korean names. I can't imagine most Koreans would actually be offended though.

So, South Park can be done for it as well?

[mudskipper]

I can see why some people might consider that prank offensive, but why is it _racially_ offensive?

Because it mocks Chinese/Korean names. I can't imagine most Koreans would actually be offended though.

[Judge Fred]

I can see why some people might consider that prank offensive, but why is it _racially_ offensive?

Fuk Nos?

[OwlHoot]

I can see why some people might consider that prank offensive, but why is it _racially_ offensive?

[Spacecadet]

KUATB

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...k-autocue.html

Not too far back though you want to stay in the plane

[Troll]

TV station apologises for broadcasting fake racially offensive pilot names

Tori Campbell, a presenter on KTVU, a San Francisco Bay Area station, read the fake names on air on Friday. Her report was accompanied with a graphic listing the fake names.

“KTVU has just learned the names of the four pilots who were on board the flight,” Ms Campbell said.

“They are
Captain Sum Ting Wong,
Wi Tu Lo,
Ho Lee Fuk
and
Bang Ding Ow.
And the NTSB has confirmed these are the names of the pilots on board flight 214 when it crashed. We are working to determine exactly what roles each of them played during the landing on Saturday.”

The report was read out despite the names of both pilots being confirmed earlier this week as Lee Jeong-min and Lee Gangguk, both from South Korea.