What might have happened
It has all the details to look good on "breaking news". Let's see, word gets out that two big planes have collided wing to wing when they were ready to depart.
- fire brigade charging down (to meet the wrecks!)
- wings have enormous quantity of fuel (catastrophic fire!)
- 2 enormous planes full of people (mainly children for sure!)
- the collision fact itself (departing planes? has to be on the runway!)
etc.
It's easy to see what very little information and big assumptions can produce, fueled by the pressure to be the first to report it. What a sad profession.
GD&L