'New Dire Straits video'? CNN outdoes themselves with bizarre FL 4U9525 animation

And you thought MSNBC‘s crappy Germanwings Flight 4U9525 graphic was bad.

Well, this … is CNN:

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/581173091847561216

Oooooof.

@lachlan CNN is beating the Taiwanese animators to the job.

— Brian Faughnan (@BrianFaughnan) March 26, 2015

It was inevitable, though:

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/581173526058647553

but do they have a bang-on-door animation yet? MT @NoahCRothman CNN is probably 8 hours away from a full-scale mock up of the cockpit.

— Prudence Paine (@PruPaine) March 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/581173321049481217

We can’t even right now. Can you?

Man. “@lachlan: If you were wondering what someone knocking on a cockpit door might look like, CNN's got you covered http://t.co/Ij34HxTsbb”

— IB (@BobbySchmueller) March 26, 2015

@lachlan Oh..good to know.

— Rae (@RaeLynnZiegler) March 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/581174882110730241

@lachlan New Dire Straits video.

— Gene, not Glen (@GeneAdrift) March 26, 2015

.@sarahbellumd @GayPatriot @lachlan So eerie! It's like…I'm really THERE, Man.

— Jon Munce (@jonmunce) March 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/welldoneson/status/581178945560813568

https://twitter.com/WrightBrunoS/status/581173563337646080

Sure does! But it raises so many others:

https://twitter.com/AndrewHClark/status/581173419657560064

@lachlan Why is he chopping?

— Sports Masochist (@CarcelMousineau) March 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/SashaTalebi/status/581176997289680896

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Are we sure it was with an open hand like that? Maybe it was with a fist. Maybe he used his knuckles. @lachlan @mattdpearce

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 26, 2015

@sarahbellumd @lachlan Do we know he was right handed?

— Carl Gottlieb (@c_cgottlieb) March 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/NordenJim/status/581174139110748161

@sarahbellumd @GayPatriot @lachlan Is that one of the #RedEye Robots?

— Joe Mercer (@smokinjoe101) March 26, 2015

Why does the future suck so much sometimes? MT @lachlan: CNN's got you covered http://t.co/tZ6VbPfzi3

— Kit O'Connell (@KitOConnell) March 26, 2015

@lachlan @scottbix What would CNN do without plane crashes?

— Joe Gerard ? (@OklaVoter) March 26, 2015

And perhaps the biggest question of them all: Who at CNN is signing off on this stuff?

https://twitter.com/kuze81/status/581174530690936834

https://twitter.com/Ria_/status/581175397234151425

https://twitter.com/GayPatriot/status/581173399701045248

But wait — there’s more!

@lachlan Got you covered on horrifyingly unfortunate pop up ads, too. pic.twitter.com/UONb6phuMM

— Chris Hynes (@realchrishynes) March 26, 2015

https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/581174248384929792

Oh. Oh dear.