Face palm: Twitter rolls over in laughter after Indian media reports Air India One parked next to Air Force One

Why Air India One next to Air Force One looks like an MEA plant

November 16, 2015, NewsCrunch

Indian media rushed to cover itself with ridicule after it reported that Modi's Air India One was seen parked next to Obama's Air Force One.

Both the leaders are attending G-2- Summit at Antalya, Turkey.

Twitter was quick to seize the utter insignificance of the event and the extensive coverage that surrounded it.

The culprit in question was Press Trust of India (PTI), which is among the few media outlets that accompany Modi on his foreign trips. After PTI filed the report, it was mindlessly carried by many heavyweights including NDTV and Times of India.

But the report seems more like a Ministry of External Affairs plant than a reporter's initiative.

It also notes the different planes other leaders rode to Antalya -   737 Boeing (Australia's Malcolm Turnbull ), Airbus A319 (Brazil's Dilma Rousseff), Boeing 747 (Japan's Shinzo Abe.)

This is the sort of leisurely information an MEA bureaucrat would be better placed to gather than a humble reporter, who is running behind the PM's entourage.

The bureaucrat, and the perhaps the reporter as well, would have thought of putting a gloss on Modi's image by drawing a comparison with Obama. But it ended up as another PR stunt that went wrong.

Best tweets after Indian media  reports Air India One was seen parked next to Air Force One  

Yes air India one got parking space near air force one in Turkey, and I parked my alto k10 next to a rolls Royce phantom. Same thing

— Krishna subramanian (@brainsecretions) November 16, 2015

me:What should i do? jiju:gain some knowledge me:Air India One Gets Parking Near Air Force One Jiju:Are you serious? pic.twitter.com/Ps4GHityAA

— Office Of Pappu (@OfficeOfPappu) November 15, 2015

When Air India One got parking next to Air Force One today. pic.twitter.com/2czpD6GEzs

— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) November 15, 2015

Stupidity or Servility? Well, could be both! Air India One pic.twitter.com/NHanKZeIfd

— Tofik Shaikh (@Tofik_Shaikh_) November 15, 2015

Parking air India one next to air force one did not make it 66 dollars to the rupee, so you can stop getting excited for no reason

— Victor Tango (@airkatana) November 16, 2015

NEWS IN INDIA: "WOW! AMAZING! Air India One gets a parking slot near Air Force One." NEWS IN THE U.S. :"Indians are despos."

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) November 15, 2015

ED seized Chagan bhujbal 160 crore Properties, but that does not make a news, but Air India one parking make. Grt.

— Ram Wagh (@wram_22) November 15, 2015

Two minute silence for those who think India has arrived because Air India One gets parking slot near Air Force One.

— Tinu Cherian Abraham (@tinucherian) November 15, 2015

There are hundreds, comrades, hundreds. And these craven 'strategic partnership' wallahs worry about where Air India One is parked.

— Saurav Jha (@SJha1618) November 16, 2015

Dear Media. Can we have less asslicking news like Air India One parked besides Air Force One, and more on things that matter? Like Chennai?

— Finding NaMo (@The0Hour) November 16, 2015

#AirIndia One vs Air Force One!! Which one looks better... Huh? pic.twitter.com/HSFSZANXT7

— SV - New York (@svusa11) November 16, 2015

@mkatjuwe seriously need some min educatn for journalist News-Air India One gets a parking space close to Air Force One #desperatenews#wtf

— Tadaptiaatmaa (@Tadaptiaatmaa) November 16, 2015