[1] On 24 August 1999, an explosion on board a landed Uni Air plane, Flight 873, injured 28 people and killed Ku Jing-chi (C: 古金池, P: Gǔ Jīnchí), the older brother of Ku Chin-shui.

A report from the Aviation Safety Council (ASC) stated that the cause of the fire was the interaction of two luggage items that happened to be in overhead compartments.

Prosecutors accused Ku Chin-shui of asking his nephew to take gasoline on the flight.

[3] Ku was diagnosed with cancer in 2014[4] and died of plasma cell leukemia on 25 May 2016 at National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei.

[1] Aged 56 at the time of his death, Ku was survived by his wife and two children.