Press Release

Issued by International SOS.

March 9, 2007

When news broke of the Garuda airlines Boeing 737-400 and bursting into flames at Yogyakarta airport (Indonesia), International SOS dispatched senior medical staff, aviation, travel personnel and logistics specialists to the scene.

The team immediately visited the hospitals to which the injured were sent and assessed those who required medical support and provided assistance to those who requested to be evacuated.

The company's medical and logistics specialists will remain on the ground in Yogyakarta to assist with the identification of mortal remains. The airplane was flying from Jakarta to Yogyakarta and more than 100 passengers died as a result of their injuries.

Speaking from Yogyakarta, Fraser Allen, a technical adviser to International SOS, said that two severely injured victims were flown late yesterday to Australia and Singapore for further treatment.

The first patient, a 34-year-old Australian woman, suffering from burns was evacuated to Perth in a Learjet 45 air ambulance and arrived at 1a.m. this morning. An International SOS Intensive-Care-Unit (ICU) team comprising two doctors and a nurse accompanied her.

The second patient, a 51-year old Australian man, was flown to Singapore in a Learjet 35 air ambulance accompanied by an ICU doctor and nurse.

The third patient, a 46-year old Indonesian lady was flown to Jakarta in a Fokker 50 air ambulance, accompanied by a doctor and two paramedics.

International SOS is also providing 24-hour support to its clients through its Jakarta and Singapore alarm centres to ensure that members and anxious families receive immediate advice and assistance.