It’s an Aer Lingus flight, operated by Aer Arann. The headline has been updated to remove any confusion.

I would think that Aer Arann would own the responsibility even if it’s an EI codeshare. Agree though, misleading headline for sure. That’s the journal for you though.

Why read it then Stephen?

No apology necessary Gavan, most people here appreciate the site.

They’d probably appreciate it all the more, and the cranks would be silenced, as a happy side effect, if there was more emphasis put on quality control and clarity before publishing, though.

Exactly what Ryan said. I love TheJournal for its excellent website and up to date news content, but there are a seriously high number of both grammatical and other errors that are a real let-down. Is there an editor that articles must pass through before going live?

It’s a fly in the ointment of what is otherwise a very good website. Gavan appears to be the main offender and seems to spend more time clarifying articles after they’re up then composing them in the first place. He’s young so he should be forgiven, just needs more supervision is all.

Because it’s a bit hard to carry out post landing checks before the plane actually lands, as indeed is it a tad difficult when some idiot decides that a single reported incident of a gear malfunction *after landing*, means that the airline’s fleet “are always in trouble before taking off”.

No explanation of maintenance schedules or preflight inspections is going to square that off, so I won’t bother trying.