COLUMBUS – A state spokesperson says Ohio plans to recycle the 35,000 new license plates printed out before someone realized a banner depicted on the plate was attached to the wrong end of the Wright Brothers’ historic first plane.
State officials acknowledged the error immediately after the new plates were unveiled on Thursday and released a photo of the corrected plate.
But WBNS 10-TV reported a state spokesperson said on Friday that 35,000 plates had already been printed.
The new license plate includes an illustration of a banner, which should have been trailing behind the Wright Flyer but is instead attached to its front.
The corrected plates are scheduled to be released Dec. 29 and Lindsey Bohrer, spokesperson for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, says the erroneous plates will be recycled.
She says it is too early to know if there will be any additional cost.