Worst reporting ever? Todays Daily Star Front page...

[Tony*T3]

Just about as sensationalist as you can possibly get:

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/131706/JET-S-...

Reporting a TV programme as 'reality'....

Complete Fektards

[10JH]

Completely misleading headline and sub-heading!

[F i F]

Completely misleading thread more like.

[GTIR]

They don't even know for sure that that St Elmo's fire effect was over the whole aircraft, all the pilots were aware that it was on the screen.

Twats.

[Morningside]

Confused here. Title of one photo says
"ABOVE: These terrifying images are part of a gripping Channel 5 TV reconstruction "

So, its fake then? Or am I missing something?

Ah, sorry, I see what you mean now. They just did not make it clearer.

Edited by Morningside on Wednesday 21st April 12:33

[phil-sti]

yeah i spotted that to, perfect example of why the star has become a laughing stock.

[Tony*T3]

The point, for anyone else possibly missing this, is they are front paging this as 'News', when actually its about a documentary on the tele for an incedent that happened decades ago.

You'd sware there were flaming 747's over Heathrow last night from the headlines....

[GTIR]

Tony*T3 said:

there were flaming 747's over Heathrow last night from the headlines....

Run for the hills!!!!

ARGHHHHH, we are all doomed.

[st_files]

Since when did C5 show Air Crash Investigation???

[Size Nine Elm]

phil-sti said:

yeah i spotted that to, perfect example of why the star has become a laughing stock.

I'm not aware that it's ever been anything else...

[F i F]

But with respect only a bear of exceedingly small brain would not understand within a few seconds that this article was about a documentary reporting an old real life incident from way back when.

OK Star readers, as you were... and Star readers don't want news, so where's the bit where Trolley Dolly Samantha (23) 40-24-36 gets her baps out? Or is that the Sport/Sun/another red top I never read?

[theaxe]

st_files said:

Since when did C5 show Air Crash Investigation???

I'm guessing they quickly snapped up that episode to cash in on the current interest.

[HiRich]

If you look closely in the third picture, you can see the image of Jade Goody. Apparently

[Nickyboy]

I do however like the quote from the pilot, British grit at its best

"We are doing our damnedest to get it under control. I trust you are not in too much distress"

[Eric Mc]

Of course, there are is one big giveaway that this is an "old" story -

The 747 featured on the front cover of the paper is a series 200. BA withdrew their lastb 200 many years ago.

Also, when National Geographic commissioned the CGI effects for the programme, the CGI artists made one massive error in the depiction of the 747 involved.
The incident happened in 1982. The CGI shows the colour scheme adaopted by BA in 1984.

Here is what it looked like in the TV programme (this is the actual aircraft involved in the incident G-BDXH). This is the post 1984 "Landor" Scheme -



Here is what it actually looked like in 1982 -


The aircraft nearst the camera is G-BDXH.
I notice that the phographer of the second picture - which was taken in April 1982 - is an old mate of mine, Fergal Goodman.

G-BDXH was scrapped at Bornemouth in 2006

[JagLover]

Eric Mc said:

Of course, there are is one big giveaway that this is an "old" story -

The 747 featured on the front cover of the paper is a series 200. BA withdrew their lastb 200 many years ago.

You're right it is an obvious giveaway

[Eric Mc]

JagLover said:

Eric Mc said:

Of course, there are is one big giveaway that this is an "old" story -

The 747 featured on the front cover of the paper is a series 200. BA withdrew their lastb 200 many years ago.

You're right it is an obvious giveaway

Not to mention the lack of winglets.