The pilots will undergo retraining before being allowed to fly again, the airline said, adding that each had an average of 6,900 flying hours, not a insufficient number for a commercial pilot.
The 39 pilots who passed the oral test will have to sit a simulator test — if they don’t pass, they too will be grounded, TransAsia said.
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After the crash, Taiwan’s aviation authorities ordered special checks on all ATR 72s in the fleets of local carriers.
TransAsia was involved in another deadly disaster last July. Forty-eight people died after an ATR 72 aircraft crashed as it was attempting to land in the Taiwanese Penghu Islands during bad weather.
