Sky News panic: Host cuts to break after appearing to lose place during coronavirus report
SKY NEWS host Mark Austin suffered a massive blunder live on-air as he struggled to get the broadcast back on track before forcing the programme to cut to a commercial break.
Sky News host suffers blunder in coronavirus segment
Sky News viewers were stunned as they witnessed an accidental on-air blunder. Host Mark Austin appeared to lost his place while reporting on the latest UK coronavirus figures. As the journalist struggled, he eventually called for the programme to cut to commercial.
Mr Austin had been reading the latest statistics, saying: "There have been 578 deaths now in the UK.
"NHS England are just updating that in the last 24 hours, 107 people have died in England.
"This brings the total in England to 521.
"They say they were patients between aged between 32 and 102."
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He added: "All but two aged in their 70s and 80s had underlying health conditions."
At this point, the presenter starts to say something but cuts off his own sentence.
The Sky host looks around his desk, shuffling papers to find the right one.
He even asks: "Where are we?"
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Mr Austin then continues to look around his desk in panic.
He tells viewers: "I apologise for that.
"Just bear with me a second."
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Eventually, he insists the broadcast is going to go to a break.
However, the blunder did not go unnoticed online.
One tweeted: "Mark Austin meltdown. Understandable, tough job with breaking news all the time."
Another user posted the video, saying: "That was hilarious."
A third added: "This really made me laugh. I might add, I like Mark Austin."