Posted on 08/22/2007 8:58:31 PM PDT by Daffynition
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)
That babelfish is horrible, unless one just uses it as the first round of translation on a mountain of translation, and then one can touch it up with ones skills. LOL!
Sooooooooooo ... is there another, better “free” translator we can use to find out what you said? :-D
Text vs pictures.
Fewer people will read a text.
When this becomes SOP nobody will notice.
But the bulk of the pictures will be seen right after the plane crashes and before they’ve had a chance to paint over. So you have images of your plane and stories about it going down going out all over the world and then you resurrect the specter by repainting and making it a story again. The damage had already been done and the images were already out.
Thanks RNE, that’s interesting.
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