PAT, Bolivian News Channel, Falls For "Lost" Hoax About Air France Crash (VIDEO)

That Air France flight that tragically crashed this month over the Atlantic Ocean has gained an air of mystery as investigators struggle to understand how and why it crashed. However, one news channel in Bolivia, PAT, was a little too credulous when they aired what seemed to be extraordinary photos said to be from the last moments before the plane crash, "retrieved from a recovered Casio Z750, which was subsequently traced via the serial number to its owner - "Paulo G. Muller, an actor from a well-known children's theatre on the out More..skirts of Porto Alegre".

In fact, the photos are from the very fake plane crash from the very popular U.S. television show "Lost." Readers who are fans of the show will likely recognize star Evangeline Lilly in the foreground of the photos. The news channel also should have been tipped off to the hoax because the photos of the "crash" are taken during daylight when the Air France crash occurred at night.

Also, did they really think someone would have been casually snapping photos as their plane broke in half? Watch the Bolivian news channel's report on the "crash" below.

Comments

[RickCoMatic]

I heard FOX bought somebody's Cell phone video of the incident; but it turned-out to be PhotoShopped Video of the arrival of the AirShip Hindenburg's disaster digitally colorized!

Oh, the humanity!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47x9q5-C2k

[Usama]

A laugh riot!!!! Oh those lovable Bolivians!
The Twitter reporting from Iran wasn't much better- stories of tanks in the streets, Ahmedinejad in exile to Russia, calls to kill the fathers- all untrue but reported here and on CNN.

[blackhole2008]

Is PAT a Fox News Affiliate?

[ACMallet]

Pilot Frank Lapidus: "We're not going to Guam, are we?"

[Quilter]

At a weekend barbeque, my neighbor was describing these crash photos.

Let me tell you, hearing the description of a crash photo taken in midair by a passenger on the plane was quite frightening, especially after a couple of glasses of wine.

When I got home, I pulled the photos up on the net....Come on! Who in their right mind would believe those photos are real?

That was one of the best urban legend stories, ever!

[zbjordan23]

lol...the crash happened at night in a thundersto­rm...nobod­y there realized the background is a clear sunny day...

[lecraftygirl]

hilarious. and i love how she keeps rambling on about the photo like she knows what she's talking about. buahhhhhhhhh

[MissingAmerica]

Oops! Is her face roja or what?

[IWantTofu]

The sound track from the TV show Lost playiing in the background should have been the second clue that the pictures were fake.

[henrypapillon]

Steve Doocy sent them the video.

[furey]

Even CBS News gets taken by "hoaxes" regarding tragic events:

http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/08/16/black-box/

[Lochmon]

I wonder what Ben hopes to gain from this.

[daemos1]

Epic fail

[KataVideo]

Hey, CNN is bragging about running tweeter content (whatever the heck that is.. and don't tell me I don't want to know) without fact-checking it first. It's only a matter of time before we transition from "Baba Booey" calls to full-blown fakes.

[mahdeealoo]

People!