BobBuilder
I am also a journo of sorts, writing features for a magazine from time to time.
A Boeing 747 with nearly 400 people on board has been forced to make an emergency landing in Auckland after it caught fire
The above is factually incorrect. I don't care how quickly the piece was written, it is IMHO irresponsible to report in such a way.
If the piece had said
A Boeing 747 with nearly 400 people on board has been forced to make an emergency landing in Auckland after it was suspected to have caught fire
Then that would have been acceptable.
The professional pilots on this board get annoyed with what they refer to as 'crap journalism' and in this instance I totally understand their feelings.
An airborne fire is one of the most serious emergencies a pilot has to deal with, whereas a fire warning light must be dealt with but is often no more than an erroneous indication.
Equally, 'hero pilot saves plane' is often a headline with which pilots will be uncomfortable, especially when it is written before the board of enquiry that establishes the facts.