In the aftermath of the Taiwan TransAsia Airway plane crash, on Thursday night, Fujian province's Party chief, You Quan, and the governor, Su Shulin, have been overseeing work locally in accordance with central government guidelines regarding the tragedy, and have asked Fujian offices to help attend to the victims and their families.

There are 31 people confirmed dead, 12 missing, and 15 of the passengers injured, after the ATR-72 aircraft fell into the Keelung River, in Taipei, at 10:56 a.m. Wednesday when its wing clipped a taxi on an elevated freeway 10 minutes after takeoff, Taiwan authorities said late Thursday. The flight was headed to Kinmen.

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council reports that there were 31 mainland passengers, with 22 of them dead. There were three children onboard. The mainland passengers were members of travel groups organized by two travel agencies in the city of Xiamen, Fujian.

The Taiwan Affairs Office, Tourism Bureau, Entry-Exit Administration and the two agencies in Xiamen arranged for 36 family members of the victims and 15 staff members to be sent to Taipei on Thursday, Fujian Daily has reported.

Fujian Tourism Dept employees in Taiwan and a team from the Xiamen Tourism Bureau have visited the injured and provided logistical support for the families, and insurance companies in Fujian are working on the compensation.

Leading the effort to update information, provide services, and contact families are deputy Party chief, Yu Weiguo, and deputy governor, Zheng Xiaosong.