Asiana Says KTVU Damaged Its Reputation With Offensive Broadcast

Asiana Airlines Inc. said a California television station “seriously damaged” the carrier’s reputation by broadcasting incorrect names of the pilots on its jet that crashed in San Francisco on July 6.

Asiana decided to take “strong steps” to sue KTVU-TV because the report was racially discriminating, Lee Hyo Min, a spokeswoman for the South Korean airline, said in Seoul today. The company will take legal action in the U.S., she said.