"While I was talking to a US air force official, I
misinterpreted what I was told (in English) by the other side and
gave the press corps (covering the defence ministry) wrong
information."
Source: Unidentified South Korean
military official, explaining to the South Koran Yonhap news
agency how it was that he came to tell the media that a
U-2 spy plane had crashed just south of Seoul after the US military
told him the report was not true.