Air China reports that a netizen who impersonated a former pilot and sold honey is not an Air China employee.

On January 24th, Air China issued a statement regarding certain self-media accounts impersonating our flight personnel and posting false videos for marketing purposes: Recently, our company has noticed that certain self-media accounts have been posting videos such as "From 10,000 meters high to beekeeping in the mountains - the female pilot's counterattack" and "Former Air China pilot refused to fly and was fired. The truth has been covered up for 8 years", etc. In the videos, the individuals claimed to be former pilots of Air China who were dismissed by the airline for aviation safety incidents and started beekeeping and selling honey. Upon careful verification, it was found that the individuals mentioned in the videos, such as "Lin Xiaoyu" and "Fang Jingyun", are not employees of Air China. The departure and destination of the flights mentioned in the videos, CA1348 flight on November 3, 2016 and CA1832 flight on October 15, 2017, do not align with the actual routes of Air China flights CA1348 and CA1832 on those dates. The incidents of single-engine landing and engine damage mentioned in the videos did not occur during the flights operated by Air China on the mentioned dates. The internet is not outside the law. The malicious act of impersonating Air China flight personnel, fabricating aviation safety incidents, intending to incite public distrust in civil aviation safety, and attract traffic through marketing their honey and other products has seriously affected Air China's reputation and legitimate rights and interests, and led to negative guidance for the general public. Air China reminds the public not to believe rumors or spread them. Air China has collected evidence of the false information and will take legal measures to protect its legitimate rights and reserves the right to pursue legal responsibilities of the relevant individuals in accordance with the law.