The captain was Lee Yi-liang, aged 60, and the first officer was Chiang Kuan-hsing, 39. Lee had logged 22,994 flight hours (including 19,069 hours on the ATR 42/72) and Chiang 2,392 hours, with 2,083 of them on the ATR 42/72. Two French citizens and 46 Taiwanese (including all crew members) died in the crash.