Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lee Kun-tse (李昆澤) held a press conference yesterday, calling for the CAA, the Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC) and the Ministry of National Defense (MND) to deliver reports on the crash in Penghu. “The CAA has no respect for people's lives ... it should take responsibility regarding the plane crash, as should the MOTC,” said Lee.

CAA Director-General Jean Shen (沈啟) responded that she would not be shying away from any responsibility, nor would she stay in her position should the situation demand otherwise.

The passengers boarded the plane because they trusted the government, putting their safety and their lives into the hands of the CAA and the airline company, said Lee. “But what happened was an accident that took 48 lives and injured 10; the CAA cannot shed its responsibility for the crash, while Transportation Minister Yeh Kuang-shih (葉匡時) should also shoulder his share,” said Lee.

Many have pointed to the faulty Instrument Landing System (ILS) — an internationally normalized system for navigation of aircraft on final approach for landing — as the possible reason behind the crash. Lee stated that he has asked the MOTC to evaluate and upgrade all of the nation's airport runways and navigational aids, but the CAA had replied that the installation of ILS at Magong Airport would not be beneficial.

“After the GE222 crash, Shen actually announced that the ILS was only helpful to the efficiency of take offs and landings, instead of safety issues,” said Lee, who added that he told Shen yesterday about how the CAA's own aviation textbooks had stated that only the ILS was able to ensure flight safety when it comes to bad weather and poor visibility.

The Key Six Minutes

After looking through weather reports from the day of the crash, Lee discovered that the visibility dropped from 2,400 meters to 800 meters just moments before the plane took off, with a thunderstorm raging as well, at 5:40 p.m. “Under the circumstances, no plane should be taking off, but the control tower issued its allowance for the plane to take off at 5:46 p.m. ... there were six minutes for them to prevent the tragedy from happening,” Lee said.

A local magazine quoted on Wednesday a source as saying that the military could be partially responsible for the tragedy.

According to the magazine, GE222 pilot Lee Yi-liang (李義良) had previously asked the control tower of the Magong Airport if his plane could land on runway 2 instead of runway 20 because of the low visibility.

The control tower of the joint military/civilian-use airport later asked the Air Force if the GE222 could land on runway 2, which is mostly used by military aircraft instead of civilian ones, the magazine said.

Runway 2 is equipped with an ILS, an internationally normalized system for navigation of aircraft on final approach for landing. With the ILS, it may be safer to land, but the request was ultimately refused by the military, said the magazine.

Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) also called for the MOTC to ensure that TransAsia Airways take responsibility for the plane crash and to “handle the aftermath as appropriate.”

民進黨抨擊民航局不顧乘客安全

由凱瑟琳煒中國郵政
2014年8月1日，上午12時45 TWN
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台北，台灣 - 主要在野黨立委抨擊民航局（CAA）的無視登上失事復興航空GE222飛機乘客的生命安全，說有其中許多人的生命可以被保存最後的六分鐘。
民進黨（DPP）立委李琨TSE（李昆澤）舉行的新聞發布會上，呼籲民航局，公安部，交通和通信（交通部）和國家國防部（MND），以兌現在崩潰報告澎湖。“民航局對人民群眾的生命不尊重...它應該承擔的責任就機毀人亡，也應交通部，”李說。

民航局總幹事讓·沉（沉啟）回應說，她不會迴避任何責任，也沒有她會留在她的位置，如果情況需要，否則。

乘客登上了飛機，因為他們信任政府，把他們的安全和他們的生活陷入了民航局和航空公司手上，說李。“但實際情況是，花了48生命，10人受傷的事故; 民航局不能推卸的責任崩潰，而交通部長葉匡士（葉匡時）也應該承擔自己的份額，“李說。

許多人指出，故障的儀表著陸系統（ILS） - 國際標準化的系統，用於飛機降落，最後進近導航 - 隨著碰撞的背後可能的原因。李先生說，他已要求交通部評估和升級所有國家的機場跑道和助航標誌，但民航局答复說ILS在馬公機場的安裝也不會有好處。

“的GE222崩潰後，沉竟宣布，ILS是不是安全問題不僅有利於起飛架次飛機起降的效率，”李，誰補充說，他對沉如何民航局自身的民航教科書曾表示昨日表示，只有ILS能夠確保飛行安全，當談到天氣惡劣，能見度差。

關鍵六分鐘

後翻翻從崩潰的一天天氣報告，李先生發現，能見度2400米下降到800米飛機只是瞬間起飛前，有雷暴肆虐，以及在下午5時40分“在這種情況下，不飛機要起飛，但控制塔發出的津貼飛機到下午5點46起飛......有六分鐘，他們阻止悲劇的發生，“李說。

當地雜誌週三援引一位消息人士的話說，軍方可能是部分負責的悲劇。

據該雜誌，GE222飛行員李易良（李義良）此前曾提出的馬公機場的控制塔，因為能見度低，如果他的飛機可以降落跑道20跑道2代替。

聯合軍事/民用機場使用的控制塔後來問空軍如果GE222可以降落在跑道2，其中大部分是用於軍用飛機，而不是平民的人，該雜誌說。

2號跑道配備儀表著陸，一個國際標準化的系統，用於飛機上的著陸進近導航。與ILS，它可能是更安全的降落，但請求最終被軍方拒絕了，說這本雜誌。

總理江依樺（江宜樺）也呼籲交通部，以確保復興航空承擔責任的飛機墜毀，並“處理善後適當的。”