Career
After an Uni Air flight suffered an on-board explosion after landing on August 24, 1999, 28 people were injured and Ku Jing-chi (C: 古金池, P: Gǔ Jīnchí), the older brother of Ku Chinese-shui, died. A report from the Aviation Safety Council (ASC) stated that it believed that a motorbike battery jostled, igniting gasoline in bottles in an overhead compartment. Initially Ku Chinese-shui was convicted and sentenced to a 10-year sentence.
lieutenant was appealed and shortened to 7 1/2 years.
After a fifth retrial, Ku Chinese-shui was declared not guilty. The ASC had commissioned an analysis from the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology, and this analysis stated that the ASC"s simulation environment differed from that of the aircraft which had exploded.
The Taipei Times stated "After a 12-year battle to clear his name, Ku Chinese-shui’s legal woes appear over.".
