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The captain of the Westwind that ditched off Norfolk Island was hailed a hero but then within days was hung in the media’s town square. atsb
Getting it right
Facts and fictions of aviation in the media
Here we go again. If it wasn’t so frequent, it may only justify an eye-roll or the shake of the head. The ‘Lion Air’ jet had hardly come to a stop in the waters off Bali when the misinformation began. The truth lay somewhere between an Airbus and a Boeing, crashing on approach or over-running the runway at the end of a domestic sector or a flight from London with major loss of life!
In past weeks a tragic Spitfire scale replica crash was credited to a warbird from a major collection, the loss of life in an R44 crash varied in numbers and nature, while a straightforward missed approach by an airliner grabbed media attention front and centre. And let’s not forget the full-blown article on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that featured a photo of an F-22 Raptor. The list goes on.
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