Asiana may sue over erroneous TV report
AP Updated July 15, 2013, 2:16 pm
Asiana Airlines says it is is considering legal action over a report on a San Francisco television station that used bogus and racially offensive names for four pilots on its plane that crashed earlier this month.
An anchor for KTVU-TV read the names on the air on Friday and then apologised after a break.
The report was accompanied by a graphic with the phoney names listed alongside a photo of the burned out plane. Video of the report has spread widely across the internet since it was broadcast.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has also apologised, saying a summer intern erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew.
An Asiana statement on Sunday said it's mulling legal measures against both KTVU-TV and the NTSB because the report "badly damaged" the reputation of the airline and its pilots.
It didn't say what legal measures it was considering.
Neither the station nor the NTSB commented on where the names originated.
The four pilots, who underwent questioning by a US and South Korean joint investigation team while in the US, returned to South Korea on Saturday.
South Korean officials plan to conduct separate interviews with them, South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on Sunday.
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, killing three and injuring dozens.
