FAT yesterday morning said that its Web site was temporarily shut down for maintenance, which was what happened on Nov. 23, 2016, the day TransAsia Airways terminated its operations. “Since 2011, people have seen how hard FAT chairman Chang Kang-wei (張綱維) has worked to fund the airline’s operations,” Huang said. We would try to protect employees.”Asked when he had last seen Chang, Huang said that the chairman’s secretary reported he was in his office on Wednesday morning. The CAA formed an emergency response team at 8am yesterday and asked the company’s management to explain the situation, he said. The unexpected announcement has left 500 people stranded overseas, with 169 passengers in China and 331 elsewhere, Fang said.

Source: Taipei Times December 12, 2019 15:56 UTC