[ClaytonP]

This prank looks like it had two independent actors.

The first person was the one who gave the names to the reporters originally.

Then the station tried to confirm the names with the NTSB and the intern understood the joke and played along with it.

Makes the person at the station look incredibly stupid.

[Fiji Hill]

Makes the person at the station look incredibly stupid.

His name is probably Yue Soh Dum.

[Roccus]

Makes the person at the station look incredibly stupid

Naaahh.....that person at the station accomplished that all by their lonesome.