"Just looking at fatality figures won't tell you whether air safety is getting worse or better," explains Liu Teh-ming, Director of the ROC's Civil Aeronautics Administration. "While this year is the worst for fatalities, it doesn't have the highest accident rate since the number of passengers has greatly increased."
「僅由死亡人數的增加，並不能斷言飛航安全在退步」，交通部民航局局長劉德敏解釋：「今年雖是死亡人數最多的一年，卻不是失事率最高的，因為乘客大量增加了。」