ADVISORY/Linke v. Singapore Airline Trial Starts Today First of Cases in the U.S. against Airline for Crash of SQ006 in 2000.

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ADVISORY...for Tuesday, Sept. 16

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WHAT:         The first case to go to trial in the United States
              against Singapore Airlines for the crash of SQ006 will
              begin today at 8:30 AM in Los Angeles Federal Court,
              Roybal Federal Building, Room 740, 255 East Temple
              Street, Los Angeles, CA, before The Hon. Gary A. Feess.
              The plaintiff, Dr. Harald Linke, filed a negligence
              claim against Singapore Airlines for injuries he
              sustained when Singapore Airline's Flight SQ006 crashed
              before take-off on October 31, 2000, at Chiang Kai-Shek
              International Airport, Taipei.  He seeks both general
              and special damages.

              Opening statements will start today, and the trial is
              expected to last one week.  Dr. Linke is represented by
              Brian J. Panish and Kevin Boyle with the Santa Monica,
              CA law firm of Greene, Broillet, Panish & Wheeler, LLP
              (www.gbpwlaw.com).  In Re Air Crash at Taipei, Taiwan on
              October 31, 2000, Case No. 01-MDL-1394-GAF (Rcx), U.S.
              District Court, Central District of California. They
              recently obtained a $10.2 million dollar compensatory
              verdict and subsequent $11.7 million settlement in a
              case concerning the crash of the Avjet private charter
              in Aspen, CO, as well as settlements totaling well into
              the eight figures in cases concerning the Alaska
              Airlines crash off Point Mugu, CA.

WHO:          A retired New York University biology professor, Dr.
              Linke was a passenger on Singapore Airline's Flight
              SQ006, which was attempting to depart for Los Angeles
              from the Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport on
              October 31, 2000.  The pilot of Flight SQ006 used the
              wrong runway, which allegedly caused the crash.  Dr.
              Linke sustained physical injury to his body, and also
              suffers from severe psychological injuries.  Of those
              traveling on the Boeing 747-400 passenger jet, 83 people
              were killed, and 64 people were injured.

              "Singapore Airlines has done everything in its power to
              stonewall and prevent this case from going to trial,"
              said Brian Panish.  "They refused to turn over the
              cockpit voice recorder tape or to admit liability for
              this crash, and tried to flout a Court order allowing
              the Plaintiff to question the pilots of Flight SQ006.
              With this trial, there will be an opportunity to see
              that justice is served as Singapore Airlines will be
              forced to explain itself to a jury of U.S. citizens and
              the Federal judge whose orders it ignored."

WHEN:         Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at 8:30 AM.

WHERE:        The Hon. Gary A. Feess, Courtroom 740
              Los Angeles Federal Court, Roybal Federal Building
              255 East Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012