Airliner crash? Hide the logo!

[snopes]

Comment:
With the China Airlines post-crash paint job making headlines and fueling
arguments across the Net, I was reminded of stories that my uncle, an
executive with Delta Air Lines, told me regarding how the industry handled
media/communications in the event of an emergency or disaster. He said
that an airline company would do just about anything to keep their logo
and other visual identifiers out of the picture. This included
covering/painting over the logo and company name on wreckage, and
instructing spokespersons tasked with crisis communications never to give
on-site interviews where any identifying logo could be seen.

Is this or was this once common practice in the airline industry?

I found a few mentions and supporting images of the practice on on various
Web sites, as noted follows:


16 June 2006: British TNT 737-301
Crash landing at Birmingham International
Photographed the morning after the accident, "being towed to 06
turning-pan, company logo and titles already painted over."
Verify image and information at: www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1026785/


28 December 1987: Eastern Air Lines McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
Thunderstorm landing accident at Pensacola Regional
Photographed after accident: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0313639/M/
Photographed after being "tarped" to mask the company logo and title:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0077849/M/


18 March 2006: Air Algerie Boeing 737-6D6
Gear collapse upon landing at Seville, Spain
Image: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1032098/M/
Remark with image reads: "Titles and registrations have been removed as
usual."