The Air France story is typical of the sloppy reporting now to be found in the MEN
Last week the MEN had a a story about a lad coming close to a railway "250,000" volt overhead line cable and getting electrocuted, falling onto the track and narrowly missing a "750,000" volt live rail . The incident closed the line from Wigan to Manchester.
Fact 1 - the line from Wigan to Manchester is NOT electrified.
Fact 2 -The West Coast Mainline passes through Wigan and is electrified at 25,000 volts AC not 250,000.
Fact 3 - the nearest live rail to Wigan is on the Mersey Rail network some 15 miles away and that is 750 volts DC not 750,000
Anorak off
The MEN used to have some good reporters especially on the aviation side but regretably most of today's lot are into sensationaist rubbish - never let the facts get in the way of a good story etc.
We all know that most of the story is sensationalist, facts unchecked etc but most of G-Public take it all at face value.
A sad sign of the times.
Rant over
Suzeman