Asiana Pilot Names: Lee Kang-Kuk, Lee Jeong-Min, Bong Dong-Won! But Asiana Is Suing TV Station For 4 Blatantly Racist Fake Names? 'Wi Tu Lo,' 'Ho Lee Fuk?' [VIDEO & REPORT]

By Jobs & Hire Staff Reporter | Jul 15, 2013 10:44 AM EDT

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We can't stress enough how terrible of an event the Asiana crash was. Reuters and Wall Street Journal have confirmed our recently acquired Asiana pilot names as Lee Kang-Kuk, Lee Jeong-Min, Lee Jeong-Ju and Bong Dong-Won.

The fake Asiana pilot names were announced on KTVU for their blatantly racist names, spelling out sentences such as "Captain Something Wrong," "We Too Low," "Holy F***," "Bang Ding Ow." However, the conversation were disgustingly disguised as fake Asiana pilot names: "Captain Sum Ting Wong," "Wi Tu Lo," "Ho Lee Fuk," and "Bang Ding Ow."

The TV station however, said that they had aired the navigators' pseudonyms out erroneously. The red-haired announcer however, did not even react to the names. She continued to read the names without any thoughtful pauses. There was no sign of any chuckling or embarrassment as she announced the rude names.

Though KTVU had previously attempted to confirm the names with NTSB, an intern had answered the call and had mistakenly confirmed the names. Perhaps they were so obviously false, the intern did not even think that KTVU would announce them.

Asiana Airlines is suing the TV station for what they have done to the air travel company's already damaged reputation. But the airline has let NTSB lose until further notice.

According to Wall Street Journal, the pilot's names has been identified as Lee Jeong-Ju and Bong Dong-Won. While Lee Kang-Kuk and Lee Jeong-Min was confirmed by Reuters.

Pilot Lee Kang-Kuk was born in 1967 and had flying experience of just below 10,000 hours. The other three flight crew members totaled around 25,000 of flying time. Three of the men were born in the 1960s, while the youngest, Bong Dong-Won was born in 1972.

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