18/06/08 06:54 Filed in:
Security
Incident | Safety
A volunteer with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) was
killed in a vehicle accident in Ethiopia on Saturday.
61 year old teacher David Evans was apparently killed
after he was struck by a vehicle as he walked with
colleagues.
ETHIOPIA AID WORKER DIES IN ROAD
ACCIDENT
Tags: Incident, Accident, Ethiopia, Death of aid worker
07/03/08 10:45 Filed in:
Security Jobs
International
Medical Corps is seeking a
Security Coordinator for
Afghanistan. Along with the usual security
officer skills they are looking for someone with
one to three years experience in Afghanistan.
ReliefWeb has more details
here.
Tags: Afghanistan, Accident
03/03/08 20:19 Filed in:
Security
Incident
According media reports ten bodies have been pulled
from the wreckage of a UN helicopter that crashed in
bad weather in Nepal. The helicopter was returning
with UN arms inspectors from a camp in Eastern Nepal.
Somewhat surprisingly there seems to be some
confusion as to how many passengers were on board. In
my experience with UN helicopter flights passenger
manifests were checked repeatedly. At the time it I
thought it was annoying. Now it just seems prudent.
Tags: Air crash, Nepal, Accident
14/10/07 19:00 Filed in:
Safety | Risk
Popular Mechanics has an interesting article on how
to survive an airline accident in "
Safest Seat on a
Plane". It seems there is some benefit to
being unable to afford first class.
Tags: safety, Air crash, risk, Accident