Anti Cork-US flight protesters make unfortunate skywriting blunder

An association opposing the proposed flights between Cork and Boston took to the skies yesterday as part of their campaign - but a typo brought them right down to earth. 

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) hired a skywriter to emblazon the skies over Washington DC with a hashtag urging people to deny Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) request for a foreign air carrier permit.

Instead, the pilot got a little bit confused, and wrote #DenyNIA instead.

Bemused onlookers on the ground were quick to share the blunder on social media.

But seriously though, I'm now pro-NAI because this guy made my commute even more annoying. #DenyNAI #denynia

— Will Kinton (@willkinton247) May 16, 2016

#denynia or is it #denynai ? pic.twitter.com/IsbAA5wTA0

— Polly Nuth (@pnuth) May 16, 2016

Some idiot in NoVA did skywriting of #DenyNIA instead of what they meant (#DenyNAI) pic.twitter.com/Pr4UK7Qfmp

— Peter Hesse @[e-mail] (@pmhesse) May 16, 2016

Lol #DenyNAI or #DenyNIA at 00 per message I hope this was a freebie :) pic.twitter.com/AMcWJ7DaL1

— Richard Feller (@RichardFellerIV) May 16, 2016

Following many phonecalls to ALPA, the pilot corrected his mistake later that evening, writing the correct hashtag in the sky.

ALPA issued a statement regarding the mistake, saying it "was part of ALPA’s campaign to demonstrate opposition to Norwegian’s request for a foreign air carrier permit.

"While the first pass was a bit jumbled, like Norwegian’s business plan, it is easily corrected. Norwegian should consider doing the same."

HT: Eoin English / restonnow.com