Ex-Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg ‘lied’ about nearly – Business News
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg fabricated a declare that she was planning to take an Asiana Airlines flight that ended up crash-landing in San Francisco more than a decade in the past, killing 3 and injuring nearly 200, in response to one of her ex-subordinates.
Sarah Wynn-Williams, who labored beneath Sandberg for six years as director of public coverage when the company was referred to as Facebook, alleged in her new memoir that CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s former No. 2 “lie[d] about narrowly missing” Asiana Airlines Flight 214.
“People don’t lie about narrowly missing plane crashes, do they?” Wynn-Williams wrote in her memoir titled “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism.”
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg has been accused of fabricating a declare that she was planning to take a flight that ended up crash-landing in San Francisco. Getty Images
“Why would she? It’s not like she needs attention.”
Wynn-Williams wrote: “I never see Sheryl the same way after that.”
The San Francisco-bound flight took off from Incheon International Airport close to Seoul, South Korea, on July 6, 2013 with 307 people on board.
The airplane crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport after the pilots mismanaged the plane’s strategy. The Boeing 777-200ER was flying too low and too sluggish because it tried to land.
Emergency responders arrived shortly, and most passengers had been in a position to evacuate earlier than the fire unfold.
Three people died and scores of different passengers had been significantly damage within the crash-landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 on July 6, 2013. Getty Images
However, three people died, together with one who was run over by a rescue vehicle within the aftermath. A complete of 187 passengers had been injured, with many struggling spinal and head accidents.
In a Facebook post printed shortly afterward that day, Sandberg claimed that she, alongside along with her household and several other Facebook colleagues, had initially deliberate to take the flight.
“We switched to United so we could use miles for my family’s tickets,” she wrote.
“Our flight was scheduled to come in at the same time, but we were early and landed about 20 minutes before the crash.”
Sandberg posted a viral be aware on Facebook shortly after the airplane. She claimed that she was “originally going to take the Asiana flight” from Seoul to San Francisco. Sheryl Sandberg / Facebook
Sandberg posted a number of Facebook updates to reassure her followers that she and her touring companions had been unhurt. She additionally shared that David Eun, a pal and govt at Samsung Electronics, had been on the Asiana flight however was secure.
“Serious moment to give thanks,” she wrote.
Her post shortly gained traction, surpassing 3,000 likes within the primary hour.
But Wynn-Williams, creator of the just lately launched guide “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism,” mentioned that Sandberg’s post was not true.
Sarah Wynn-Williams labored as director of public coverage at Facebook for six years. Courtesy
In her memoir, she wrote: “I flip through the news and see reports that Sheryl, [Facebook’s then-director of global communications] Debbie [Frost], and others on our team were supposed to be on that flight.”
According to Wynn-Williams, Facebook staffers discovered of this by means of Sandberg’s post. She then referred to as Frost.
In the guide, Frost is quoted as saying that Sandberg’s post was “totally weird” as a result of “Sheryl always flies United” and “we never considered Asiana.”
“I don’t know why she posted it,” Frost is quoted as telling Wynn-Williams. “I don’t know why she tagged all of us [in the Facebook post].”
Frost referred The Post to her Threads social media account the place she wrote: “While I appreciate everyone’s perspective is different, a bunch of the stories are exaggerated or just didn’t happen.”
Wynn-Williams is creator of “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism.” Barnes & Noble
A spokesperson for Meta and Sandberg declined to remark.
Wynn-Williams’ guide comprises different salacious claims. According to the previous Meta worker, Sandberg as soon as had a personal assistant spend $13,000 on lingerie for her and her boss whereas on a journey to Europe.
During a non-public jet flight, a pajama-clad Sandberg invited Wynn-Williams to “come to bed” — an offer that the subordinate declined, in response to the guide.
Wynn-Williams additionally wrote that she witnessed Sandberg and her assistant, Sadie, sleeping in one another’s laps and stroking one another’s hair on street journeys.
The creator additionally accused one other Meta govt, Joel Kaplan, of sexually harassing her. The company mentioned it launched an intensive inside investigation which cleared Kaplan.
