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Huge spelling mistake on Cathay Pacific plane
(CNN) — Sometimes, a massive typo is right in front of your eyes and you can't see it. For Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific, it was between the "i"s -- on the livery of its Boeing 777-367. In a move that's had the Internet asking "WTF?" ("Where's the F?"), photos emerged Wednesday morning appearing to show a plane on the tarmac at Hong Kong airport, proudly emblazoned with the words "CATHAY PACIIC." (www.cnn.com) Altro...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Captain to FO: One heck of a walk-around Bob..
I saw a similar thing when I worked for a barge manufacturer. My job was to photograph the launch, and when I stood a distance away at launch time, I noticed they had painted the very large name of the owner "INGRAM" backwards - it read "MARGNI". We quickly painted over all the letters except the R which, could still be used, and launched the boat.
ouh! That's gotta hurt...glasses please for the folks detailing the airframe!
Clearly the paint shop automation did not include grammerly.
so is F off~ lol
Everything is done by computer of course. They used Pacific and the spell checker printed Paciic. Nobody caught the error.