Seoul , South Korea ( CNN ) -- Asiana Airlines says it will proceed with its planned lawsuit against an Oakland , California , television station , but it 's not going to pursue legal action against the National Transportation Safety Board . Over the weekend , the Korean airline had said it would sue both entities after an intern at the NTSB mistakenly confirmed `` inaccurate and offensive '' names as those of the pilots of Flight 214 , which crash-landed nine days ago at San Francisco International Airport . The bogus names that phonetically spelled out phrases such as `` Something Wrong '' and `` We Too Low '' were read during KTVU 's noon broadcast Friday . The airline called the report `` demeaning '' and said it was `` reviewing possible legal action . '' On Monday morning , the airline seemed to have a partial change of heart , at least concerning the NTSB . Airline spokesman Na Chul-hee said Asiana has retained a U.S. law firm to file a defamation claim against the TV station . But , he said , the company did n't have plans to file a separate suit against the NTSB . `` After a legal review , the company decided to file a lawsuit against the network because it was their report that resulted in damaging the company 's image , '' he said . KTVU anchor Tori Campbell read the names Friday . The news station , a CNN affiliate , later apologized on air and on its website . `` We sincerely regret the error and took immediate action to apologize , both in the newscast where the mistake occurred , as well as on our website and social media sites , '' according to Tom Raponi , KTVU/KICU vice president and general manager . `` Nothing is more important to us than having the highest level of accuracy and integrity , and we are reviewing our procedures to ensure this type of error does not happen again . '' The key to a defamation case is to determine whether what was said damages an entity 's reputation and causes injury , and what care was taken , if any , to prevent that , said Ken Paulson , president of the First Amendment Center and the dean of the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University . `` It 's very difficult to conceive of a defamation suit prevailing here , '' he told CNN . `` Everyone who heard this understood it was a prank . And as ludicrous as the report was , at least the news station made a call to try to check . '' KTVU said the names it gave were confirmed by an NTSB official in Washington before they were aired . The NTSB apologized for the `` inaccurate and offensive '' names , which it said were erroneously confirmed by a summer intern . A government official with knowledge of the situation said Monday the intern is no longer with the agency . `` Earlier today , in response to an inquiry from a media outlet , a summer intern acted outside the scope of his authority when he erroneously confirmed the names of the flight crew on the aircraft , '' the NTSB said Friday in a statement . Paulson notes that the real names of pilots were not given in the news report . `` Where is the real damage ? Yes , it was tasteless and undoubtedly it caused some short-term emotional distress , but nothing that rises to the level of litigation , '' he said . NTSB : 2 Asiana pilots call for landing to be aborted . It was not immediately clear who produced the fake names , but the NTSB said it was not the intern . `` The names were presented , by the station , to the intern for confirmation , '' NTSB spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said . `` The intern did not make up the names and provide them to the station . '' The NTSB said it does not release or confirm the identities of crew members or other people involved in transportation accidents . `` We work hard to ensure that only appropriate factual information regarding an investigation is released and deeply regret today 's incident , '' the NTSB statement said . The NTSB did not identify the intern , but said , `` Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such a serious error is not repeated . '' Asiana identified the pilot at the controls of the Boeing 777 that undershot its approach and clipped a seawall before crash-landing on the runway as Lee Kang-Kuk . There were two other pilots in the cockpit at the time of the accident . Asiana Flight 214 was carrying 291 passengers and 16 crew members when it crash-landed on July 6 on the runway after striking a seawall . Three passengers died , including a girl who died of her injuries Friday morning . More than 180 others were injured . Did Asiana pilot have enough 777 experience ? CNN 's Ashley Fantz in Atlanta and Aaron Cooper in Washington contributed reporting .
NEW : The intern is no longer with the NTSB . Earlier , Asiana said it would sue KTVU and the National Transportation Safety Board . `` It 's very difficult to conceive of a defamation suit prevailing here , '' expert says . The airline says it has retained a U.S. law firm .