In brief response to the questions of accuracy amongst press reporting of any incident such as this – well yes it should be reported accurately with any reference photos used showing the actual example where possible rather than another similar one….
My reason for saying that is related to the owner of a certain aircraft with which I have had some involvement. Photos showing this particular one were used in error when reporting an incident involving another, resulting in a few needless enquiries to the owner which had the potential to have a negative result on show bookings for one thing? I don’t doubt that the inaccurate use of ‘stock’ photos was not intended to mislead, but lost earnings as a result of some assuming the wrong identity can be financially damaging as well as hitting the reputation of those owning the wrongly used examples.
Typos and inaccurate wording are another issue altogether of course.
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