Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Air New Zealand Flight 213

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The result was Speedy Deleted under WP:CSD#G10 - article was written to disparage Air New Zealand. Pedro : Chat 12:18, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Air New Zealand Flight 213

Seems to be a WP:HOAX. Cannot find a single report or article regarding this flight. Considering it apparently only occurred a few days ago and there were no fatalities from the actual crash, this would have been all over the news. Easiest give-away is the tail number (New Zealand flights are prefixed with either ZK, ZL, or ZM). KY is not a registration prefix for any country. A^RendedWinter 06:22, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Recent Google News articles on Air New Zealand make no mention of this crash, which leads me to concur with your conclusion that this is a hoax. I actually wonder if this should be subject to a Speedy delete per CSD G10: while it doesn't exactly look like a traditional "attack page," having this kind of stuff on Wikipedia could cause real harm to a company like Air New Zealand. --Hyperbole 06:47, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete as malicious hoax and consider block of the editor who created this article. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 07:55, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No entry in the aviation-safety.net database. Moreover, Hawke's Bay is not served by Airbus A320 aircraft, but turboprops [1]. Indeed, the A320 is used on international services, not short domestic hops within New Zealand [2]. Concur with Metropolitan90's call to sanction the creator, we have enough trouble to deal with here without people placing deliberate fake articles in the encyclopedia. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:24, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as Hoax per nom, Hyperbole and Sjakkalle's observations. Also, watch the creator's contribs--Lenticel ^(talk) 08:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I'm calling WP:BULLSHIT on this. Air New Zealand's online timetable shows that the 216-mile route between Napier and Auckland is served by DeHavilland Dash-8s, as a run that short should be. The last flight of the day from Napier takes off at 7:40pm and is scheduled to land 55 minutes later. What would it be doing crashing at 9:13pm? All the flight numbers for that route are four digits, and start with 8. A Flight 213 would not be consistent. And per the above. Delete with fire, permablock the creator. Dethme0w 08:40, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Malicious hoax. Aircraft registered in New Zealand have the tail numbers ZK-@@@. According to www.airfleets.net, no country uses the KY- prefix (per nom). → AA ^(talk) — 09:04, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Dethme0w. ≈Tulkolahten≈^≈talk≈ 09:42, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete Clearly a stupid hoax.Alberon 09:50, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete as G10 per Hyperbole and block user. JuJube 11:32, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Agree with blocking user on this libelous hoax. Ironically, Air New Zealand did have some big news on November 4, which was the inauguration of its nonstop flights from Vancouver to Auckland. “Now that Canadian visitors can fly direct rather than via the United States, New Zealand will be an even more attractive destination," says one person, which is every bit as interesting as the exciting "eyewitness" statement "The place where I'm standing now is scattered with debris." Please, no article about Air New Zealand's Vancouver to Auckland service. Mandsford 12:17, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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