President Chen apologized to the families of the victims on July 25 and ordered that two helicopters from the Seagull unit assigned to the Office of the President be returned immediately to the Seagull unit. Frank Hsieh, chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), stated that the DPP was prepared to take equal responsibility for the incident along with the new administration.
對相關單位未能在第一時間有效救援，阻止悲劇發生，二十五日，陳水扁總統向罹難者及家屬致最深的歉意；並指示兩架被改成行政專機的海鷗部隊直昇機，立刻歸建海鷗部隊。