'My terrified wife will never fly again'

Lee Fu-kuo, 40, the husband of one of those hurt in Sunday's mid-air drama said yesterday his wife was too frightened to fly again.

Mr Lee, from Taiwan, said his mainland wife, Wang Lihui, 28, was deeply upset by her ordeal.

'She is now so scared of travelling she says she won't get on a plane again,' he said.

Mr Lee, a businessman, flew in from Kaohsiung on Sunday evening on learning, from television, that his wife's flight had hit trouble.

'I was so worried I bought a ticket and came over. Now I know her life is at no risk I feel much better,' he said.

There are no direct flights between the mainland and Taiwan and the couple had relied on flying to Hong Kong to meet over the two years of their marriage.