He also served as the Chairman of the Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise and was the directors of various SIA subsidiaries including Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited , SIA Engineering Company , and Virgin Atlantic Airways , in which SIA holds a 49 per cent equity stake . He was the Chairman of SilkAir , a fully owned subsidiary of SIA when SilkAir Flight 185 crashed on 19 December 1997 en route from Jakarta 's Soekarno – Hatta International Airport to Singapore Changi Airport
SilkAir Flight 185
SilkAir Flight 185
Chew Choon Seng