China Airlines paints over name, logo on wreckage of jet at Naha Airport

THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS ^ | August 21, 2007 | staff reporter

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NAHA -- China Airlines has painted over its name and logo on the wreckage of a passenger jet that exploded in flames at Naha Airport in Okinawa moments after passengers slid down emergency chutes to escape.

The airline painted over the name "China Airlines" on the left-hand side of the aircraft and the company's logo on the plane's tail fin.

After the accident, photographs and video footage of the jet continued to appear in news reports, and the company apparently painted over the name and logo to limit further damage to its image.

Before painting over the name and logo, the airline sought permission from the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission. Officials granted the request, judging that it would not hinder the investigation into the accident, and the airline painted over the markings following inspections carried out on Tuesday.

When questioned over the move, an official from the Taiwan-based airline said, "We followed international procedures. We do not have detailed information." (Mainichi)

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Before: After:

[minus_273]

why does this have RED china tag? this is the Republic of China we are talking about not the People’s Republic of China .

[Gay State Conservative]

I once flew from Honolulu to Hong Kong (via Taipei) on China Air.I later learned that even then they had an abysmal safety record.I *sincerely* doubt that I’ll ever fly with them again.

[Daffynition]

Danged if I know. There is the original story:

那覇空港で中華航空機が爆発、炎上した事故で、中華航空は２１日、事故機の胴体左側面にある「ＣＨＩＮＡ ＡＩＲＬＩＮＥＳ」という英語の社名ロゴと垂直尾翼にある紅梅の花のマークを白いペンキで塗りつぶした。事故機の映像や写真が連日報道されるため、企業イメージの低下を避けるのが狙いとみられる。 同社は事前に国土交通省航空・鉄道事故調査委員会（事故調）に了解を求め、事故調も調査には支障がないと判断して要求を受け入れた。同社はこの日の事故調などによる実況見分後に塗りつぶした。 ロゴやマークを塗りつぶしたことについて、中華航空の広報担当は「国際慣例に従った。詳細はよくわからない」とだけ話した。【木下武】

[television is just wrong]

sounds like everything about China is to say the least problematic.

[sweetiepiezer]

These people want to cover up everything.

Did they use their leaded paint, they seem to have a lot of it.

[Daffynition]

Good idea to check air safe before you make reservations.

[sweetiepiezer]

同社は事前に国土交通省航空・鉄道事故調査委 ________________________________________________________ That says it all, right there in that sentence. LOL

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ping

[decal]

“China Airlines has painted over its name and logo on the wreckage of a passenger jet...”

This is SOP with all airlines.

[longtermmemmory]

HOW did you get FR to print chineese?

[longtermmemmory]

From a marketing perspective this is very smart.

[dighton]

Slap on however many coats, their record is abysmal.

[Daffynition]

HAHAHA! Nice one!

I think Houdini had a hand in it.

[tcrlaf]

Having had the misfortune of being involved in a couple of accidents, this is pretty much standard OP...

[expatguy]

That is Japanese not Chinese >:-)

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[Gay State Conservative]

Good idea to check air safe before you make reservations.

I'll do that in the future but I flew China Air in '96 and back then I barely knew what the internet was.

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[Daffynition]

I hear ya ...sometimes when you are puddle jumping overseas, you have no choice. We’ve flown in twin-props with passengers holding goats and sheep in their laps. Really!

[Rembrandt]

Well, the U.S. does have Air Tran which changed its name after an explosion of oxygen canisters resulted in the destruction of a plane and the deaths of a bunch of passengers.