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Old 24th Oct 2001, 16:29
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Post Silkair MI185 update

Saw this in the Singapore Straits Times news update at http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/home
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24 October 12:40PM -- Singapore Time

Families of six in SilkAir crash lose suit

No proof that pilot Tsu Way Ming crashed plane intentionally, said Justice Tan.

FAMILIES for the six people who died in the SilkAir Flight MI185 have lost their High Court legal suit against the regional airline.

In a 132-page written ruling, Justice Tan Lee Meng dismissed with costs, saying they 'did not discharge the burden in proving their assertions' that the crash was caused by intentional pilot action.

When contacted, one of the plaintiffs, Mr Thomas Oey, a lecturer at a Baptist seminary, said: 'I'm disappointed but I felt we needed to do right by bringing this law suit. It was a matter of public interest to know the truth behind the crash.'

Mr Oey, who lost his mother Berenice Braislin Oey, 71, and brother Jonathan Edward Oey, 39, in the December 1997 crash, added that he has not decided if he will appeal the ruling.

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