On Tuesday, Mr Mark Tay Kiok Cheng, 51, a leading steward on the ill-fated Singapore Airlines flight SQ006, died in a motorcycle accident.
He was travelling along the East Coast Expressway towards Changi Airport at about 10.30pm when his motorcycle was believed to have skidded.
Mr Tay was taken to Changi General Hospital but died an hour later from his injuries. Former colleagues remember him as a brave man.
Mr Tay was one of three crew members on the flight who returned to the skies, said Ms Farzana Abdul Razak, 30, his colleague on the Oct 31, 2000, flight.
Of the 13 cabin crew members who survived, MsFarzana was the most badly hurt that night.
She suffered burns to 45 per cent of her body.
Despite the danger, Mr Tay reportedly helped to coordinate rescue efforts and was the last crew member to leave the crash site, which claimed the lives of 83 (including four cabin crew members) people on board.
One crew member who declined to be named said Mr Tay lived life to the fullest.
He had known Mr Tay for the past three years as they trained together in an SIA martial arts group.
He said: "He loved practising taiji. We were a group of closely-knit people and went for competitions together."
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