SIARAN PERS Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia P.O. Box 3545, 70 Glen Road, Kelburn W e l l i n g t o n Phone: 04-4758699 Fax: 04-4759374  Media release – Garuda Indonesia – March 7, 2007  Garuda expresses profound sorrow and concern   Garuda Indonesia has expressed its profound sorrow to the families and loved ones of casualties from the crash today of one of the airline’s Boeing 737 400 aircraft in Java and has set up an emergency line to assist them. In addition to assuming the medical costs of all passengers, the Indonesian national carrier has set up emergency numbers for victims’ families. Relatives can phone +62 021-2311393, fax +62 021-2311105 or Garuda Call Centre 2351-9999 or 0 807 1 807 807. As the rescue and identification process is still continuing, the airline’s Head office in Australia is still not able to release further details about the number of Australians involved or their condition. However, Garuda Indonesia’s Regional Manager, South West Pacific, Mr Suranto Yitnopawiro, released a statement from the airline’s Jakarta head office saying that 93 of the aircraft’s 133 passengers were known to have been successfully evacuated from the aircraft. The statement summarized the facts it had to hand at that point: Flight GA200 departed Jakarta at 0600 hours local time and was scheduled to arrive in Yogyakarta at 0655 local time. The Boeing 737 400 series aircraft, registration PK-GZC, was piloted by Capt. M. Marwoto Komar who has worked with Garuda Indonesia since 1985.  There were 133 passengers and seven crew on board. The flight caught fire when it reached the end of runway 9 at Adi Sucipto airport, Yogyakarta. At the time of the afternoon statement, the fire had been extinguished. At that point 93 passengers had been successfully evacuated. They were taken to two hospitals – Panti Ratih and Panti Rini (Tel: +62 274 497 206). The evacuation process was still continuing this afternoon, conducted by Garuda technical staff and assisted by other organizations Further information will be released as it comes to hand. In the meantime, those wishing to inquire about relatives may also contact the DFAT hotline: 1800 00 22 14 Issued by Garuda Indonesia, 55 Hunter Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, for Mr Suranto Yitnopawiro, Regional Manager, Southwest Pacific tel +61 2 9334 9900, fax +61 2 9221 3305, email sydneyoffice@garuda.com.au. For media inquiries please contact Ms Jane Milojevic, Marketing co-ordinator – Australasia, Tel: +61 2 9334 9990, jmilojevic@garuda.com.au. Distributed by Whyte Public Relations, ph 02 9439 9329, whytepr@bigpond.com

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