Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg produced claims that he was planning an Asiana Air flight that collided with in San Francisco more than a decade ago, killing three people and injuring nearly 200 people.
Sarah Wynn-Williams worked for Sandberg for six years as director of public policy when the company was known as Facebook, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's former No. 2 “Lies”[d] Asiana Airlines Flight 214.
“People don't lie about the slight missing plane crash crash?” Wynn-Williams wrote in her memoir “title” “A careless people: warning stories of power, greed, and lost idealism.”
“Why is she? She doesn't need attention.”
Wynn-Williams wrote:
On July 6th, 2013, a flight bound to San Francisco took off from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, with 307 people on board.
The plane crashed at San Francisco International Airport after the pilot mismanaged the aircraft's approach. The Boeing 777-200ER flew too low and too slow as it tried to land.
Emergency responders arrived quickly and most passengers were able to evacuate before the fire spread.
However, three people died, including someone who ran to the rescue vehicle in the aftermath. A total of 187 passengers were injured, with many spinal and head injuries.
In a Facebook post released shortly after that day, Sandberg claimed that she, along with her family and several Facebook colleagues, had initially planned a flight.
“We switched to United so that we could use miles on family tickets,” she wrote.
“Our flight was scheduled to be in at the same time, but we landed early, about 20 minutes before the crash.”
Sandberg has posted multiple Facebook updates to reassure her followers that she and her travel companions are unharmed. She also shared that David Un, a friend and executive at Samsung Electronics, was on Asia Naflight but was safe.
“A serious moment to be grateful,” she wrote.
Her post quickly gained traction and surpassed 3,000 likes within the first hour.
However, Wynn-Williams, author of the recently released book, “Almarine People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, Lost Idealism,” said Sandberg's posting was not true.
In her memoirs, she wrote: [Facebook’s then-director of global communications] Debbie [Frost]and the other people on our team were supposed to be on that flight. ”
According to Wynn-Williams, Facebook staff learned this through a Sandberg post. She then called out Frost.
In the book, Frost is quoted as saying that Sandberg's post is “completely strange” because “Cheryl always flies through United” and “We've never thought of Asiana.”
“I don't know why she posted it,” Frost is quoted as telling Wynn Williams. “I don't know why she tagged us all [in the Facebook post]. ”
Frost introduced her to the post. Thread Social Media Accounts She writes: “I'm grateful that everyone's perspectives are different, but the bundle of stories was either exaggerated or just didn't happen.”
Meta and Sandberg spokesman declined to comment.
Wynn-Williams' book contains other significant claims. According to a former Meta employee, Sandberg once spent $13,000 on lingerie for her and her boss during a trip to Europe.
During a private jet flight, Sandberg, dressed in pajamas, invited Win Williams to “come to bed.” This is an offer that the lower ranks have declined.
Wynn-Williams also wrote that Sandberg and her assistant Sadie slept on each other's laps and stroked each other's hair on a road trip.
The author also accused another meta-executive, Joel Kaplan of sexually harassing her. The company said it has launched an extensive internal investigation that cleared Kaplan.
