Young Hong-tsu () is a Taiwanese mechanical engineer.

Education and career

Young Hong-tsu graduated from the

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; zh, t=國立臺灣大學, poj=Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Tāi-ha̍k, p=, s=) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Taiwan under J ...

Department of Mechanical Engineering with a bachelor's of science degree prior to completing doctoral studies at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. Between his baccalaureate and doctoral studies, he was a teaching assistant at National Taiwan University. Young returned to teach at NTU as an associate professor in 1989, and was named a full professor in 1994. By 2005, Young attained distinguished professor status. Young later served as

Aviation Safety Council The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB, ) is an independent government agency of the Republic of China responsible for major transportation accidents on aviation, railways, waterways, and highways in Taiwan. The council is headquartered in ...

managing director between 2005 and 2009. In this position, Young commented on the malfunctioning brakes of Uni Air flight B7901 in April 2008, and safety issues on flights between Taiwan and China in April 2009. His appointment as Aviation Safety Council chairman was announced in June 2018, and he formally succeeded

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on 4 July 2018. Following the 2018 Yilan train derailment in November, premier

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expanded the purview of the ASC via a directive. Proposed legislation regarding the ASC reformation began the draft process later that month. It took the form of an amendment to the Organizational Act of the Aviation Safety Council. The amendments were approved by the

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in April 2019. The renaming of the council to the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board was announced in July 2019, and took effect on 1 August 2019, with Young remaining in the chairmanship role. Young resigned his position on 11 February 2023, amidst an investigation into allegations that he had used an official vehicle to visit hot springs and restaurants in Yilan County. Iris Hsu succeeded Young as acting chair.

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