Flight Safety:
Some great
PR in there from Air China. Whilst it is true that this is the first hull loss under the Air China brand for 47 years, the company's predecessor - CAAC - was notorious for its crashes (many of them most likely never reported).
I very much doubt that Air China has been around for 47 years; officially, they were founded in 1988, the only previous operator in the PRC was CAAC, which was then broken up into an international arm (Air China) and into some regional operators.
In fact, there has been some unintentional humour in an ad campaign that Air China have been running in HKSAR, with posters hailing the "47 years anniversary of safety flight operation". It's since been changed to describe 47 years of crash-free operations, and tomorrow it will probably be coming down altogether.