Taking Off revisits the TV news hoax after Asiana 214
The episode pairs official accident findings with FOIA documents examining how KTVU broadcast false flight-crew names.
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The Story Behind TV News Hoax: Korean Pilots Names Asiana 214 Crash
Taking Off posted eleven videos, with its examination of the offensive KTVU broadcast error drawing the largest audience among the new arrivals. “The Story Behind TV News Hoax: Korean Pilots Names Asiana 214 Crash” has reached about 139,000 views. Rather than treating the broadcast as an isolated blooper, the episode places it alongside the accident investigation and examines the communications breakdown behind it.
Viewers are recalling seeing the broadcast live and asking how the false names passed through verification. Others bring the discussion back to aviation safety, particularly unstable approaches and the decision to go around.
The channel also covered the Bering Air final report and a fatal crash near its home airfield, Hicks in Fort Worth. A different aviation story arrived with “Thailand's Queen Flies a Gripen Fighter Jet Solo,” whose description reports Queen Suthida flying a single-seat Saab. That upload remains among the channel's most active, while the newest Cessna Citation crash breakdown currently draws the most daily views.
Taking Off added roughly a million views across the week and gained subscribers, although daily viewing is now less than half its usual pace. FarFlight also had substantial weekly viewing; Aviation101's subscriber count was unchanged. For Taking Off, the Asiana episode continues to draw attention several days after publication.
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- Channel
- Taking Off
- Subscribers
- 268,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,037,888
- Videos published this week
- 11
- Video published
- October 6, 2026
- Video views so far
- 138,943
- Views on its first day
- 72,282
The numbers
Here is Taking Off's week in views, subscribers and uploads.
