Originally Posted by ModelPerfect

It was the news report that was faked, not the landing. It was originally published in a fake news site, the onion, and later reprinted accidentally as real by a couple of newspapers, for which they apologized.

Original:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news...convinces_neil
Follow Up:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009...-landing-spoof