Boeing 747-400 Out of Production Models

"Darkwing" wrote

So how does a paint job cause a crash exactly? AND SHOW YOUR WORK!

That was not the reason they discontinued the paint scheme, and repainted
all of the ones that were painted like that.

It was superstition on the public's part. It was said to look like a
Chinese funeral banner, whatever that means.

It is like the Asian preference for color of paint on limos. A white limo
is said to have bad luck, or represent death, or something like that, or did
I get the colors backwards.

Anyway, the superstition runs deep in that neck of the woods.
--
Jim in NC

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:48:26 -0500, "Morgans" wrote:


"Darkwing" wrote

So how does a paint job cause a crash exactly? AND SHOW YOUR WORK!

That was not the reason they discontinued the paint scheme, and repainted
all of the ones that were painted like that.

It was superstition on the public's part. It was said to look like a
Chinese funeral banner, whatever that means.

According to Wikipedia, only one other plane was painted like the accident one,
another 747-400. With all the publicity about the crash, and photos splashed
about showing how the plane had been painted, I'm not surprised Singapore
repainted the remaining one.

But as you say, it wasn't the cause of the crash.

Ron Wanttaja