Earlier this week, the New York Times corrected Jan. 16 article about “drilling for oil off the coast of Angola. The article originally reported an urban legend as fact, according to the correction. The correction explains:
“An article on Jan. 16 about drilling for oil off the coast of Angola erroneously reported a story about cows falling from planes, as an example of risks in any engineering endeavor. No cows, smuggled or otherwise, ever fell from a plane into a Japanese fishing rig. The story is an urban legend, and versions of it have been reported in Scotland, Germany, Russia and other locations.”
Hat Tip: Regret the Error