All the uncles aunties still remember all the horrible stories that happened 30 years ago???

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shodan99 said:
That was big case. Activated st kinetics to go investigate also.

Another arty related case is arty gun killed some cows because gun position shifted during firing. This is because they deployed gun on soft ground. So as firing continued, the recoil shifted the gun
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poor moo moos
 
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Ghost_is_here said:
And subsequent batch of gunners would pay tribute annually to the fallen till this day.

The FH2000 was of course damaged beyond repair. Even I was shocked.
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an old friend of mine who was an operator in artillery, said the artillery gun is an extremely dangerous piece of equipment.

deploying and putting camo net over the gun within a time limit was one of the most dangerous and taxing drills because you have to stand on narrow or slippery parts of the gun to put the camo net and that if you fall off, you might break bones (thats why they have to wear their helmet).

on top of that, there is the loading of the shell (ever heard of the loader who got the cuff of his sleeve caught in the breech and got dragged into the gun?) and of course faulty shell which blew up and killed the crew.
 
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theokcoral said:
1996, 1997 incident. NMAMTF to all the deceased and injured persons mentioned in this thread

Jailed ex-SIA steward to fly home from US
By Zuraidah Ibrahim
IN PALO ALTO

FORMER Singapore Airlines steward Zaini Jeloni, who was jailed in a Cali- fornia prison for killing his female colleague, was freed on Monday morning here, but found himself sent promptly to another detention centre for deportation.

California Department of Corrections spokesman Terri Thornton told The Straits Times that he was placed in the custody of the United States Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INS) office.

It is understood that he is in detention at a southern California centre while his travel arrangements are being processed. That may take between two and 10 days.

Zaini, 32, was sent to a medium-security prison in Soledad, about three hours south of San Francisco, in 1997 after he was found guilty of causing the death of Taiwanese stewardess Chang Yu.

The two were members of the same Los Angeles-bound SIA flight crew in October 1995. The woman was on her first working flight after completing her training. It proved to be her last.

Colleagues reported her missing when she did not show up for her return flight.

She was found stran- gled and dumped in a closet in a Los Angeles hotel room.

Autopsy reports showed that she suffered heavy blows to the head; stomach and sexual injuries suggested that there had been rough sex.

Zaini was arrested in November 1995 and was extradited to the US to face charges of rape and murder.

He later struck a deal with US prosecutors and pleaded no contest to an amended charge of manslaughter.

Imprisoned for six years in 1997, he had his sentence backdated to the time he had spent in custody since 1995.

On Monday, a spokesman at the Singapore consulate in San Fran- cisco said that US immigration officials had not contacted the office to arrange his travel documents.

An INS spokesman said US immigration could not divulge the whereabouts of freed prisoners in its custody under the US Federal Privacy Law.

The prison he was in for three years and three months is along the famous Highway 101 which goes all the way north through Silicon Valley.

Called the Correctional Training Facility, the medium-security prison is being converted into a maximum-security facility.

Prisoners there take part in a range of activities, including making textiles and wood products, and computer repair. Inmates can also go for educational classes.

It is not known exactly when he would arrive in Singapore, but the INS spokesman told The Straits Times that deportation cases of serious offenders such as Zaini would be expedited. She did not say which airline he would be using to fly home.
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he got off easy. in today's climate in US you can get 15 - 25 years for rape and murder even if you plea guilty.
 
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dezzo69 said:
an old friend of mine who was an operator in artillery, said the artillery gun is an extremely dangerous piece of equipment.

deploying and putting camo net over the gun within a time limit was one of the most dangerous and taxing drills because you have to stand on narrow or slippery parts of the gun to put the camo net and that if you fall off, you might break bones (thats why they have to wear their helmet).

on top of that, there is the loading of the shell (ever heard of the loader who got the cuff of his sleeve caught in the breech and got dragged into the gun?) and of course faulty shell which blew up and killed the crew.
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I'm from arty. Camo net confirm cannot hit timing no matter how much effort you put in. Camo the damn thing is very tough
 
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joestar said:
Nicoll Highway collapse Sporean foreman died when getting the workers out .... up till now his body not found
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one of the deceased daughter was an actress right? her story after that also quite sad
 
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