Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts

Monday, August 21, 2017

And Then There Were 15 MIssing

Search Expanded for Missing Black Hawk Crew

Big Island Now
August 20, 2017

Responders searched throughout the night Saturday and are continuing the search Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, for the five Army aviators who went missing Tuesday night approximately two miles west of Ka‘ena Point.

Search and rescue planners have also reached out to the residents of Ni’ihau Island to conduct searches along their shoreline.
Ten sailors missing after U.S. warship, tanker collide near Singapore
REUTERS

SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ten U.S. sailors were missing after a collision between a destroyer and a tanker near Singapore on Monday, the second involving a U.S. warship and a merchant ship in Asia in about two months, triggering a fleet-wide probe of operations and training.

The guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain and the tanker Alnic MC collided while the warship was heading to Singapore for a routine port call. The collision tore a hole in the warship's waterline, flooding compartments that included a crew sleeping area, the U.S. Navy said.

"Initial reports indicate John S. McCain sustained damage to her port side aft," it said in a statement. "There are currently 10 sailors missing and five injured."

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis said Chief of Naval Operations Admiral John Richardson would conduct a broad investigation into U.S. naval operations after the collision.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

ABC reporter Peter Lloyd faces jail in Singapore with PTSD

Lloyd faces jail in Singapore
By Greg Jennett in Singapore

Posted Tue Dec 2, 2008 6:21am AEDT
Updated Tue Dec 2, 2008 6:53am AEDT


In court today: Peter Lloyd (AAP: Joseph Nair)
ABC reporter Peter Lloyd is today set to go to jail for breaking Singapore's tough anti-drug laws.

The 42-year-old will face the Subordinate Courts, where he will plead guilty to some of the four drugs charges against him.

Lloyd was arrested in Mount Elizabeth Hospital in July and charged with trafficking, possessing and consuming methamphetamine, or "ice".

He was also charged with having utensils for using the drug and Ketamine, better known among party drug users as "Special K".

Singapore's Attorney-General has since dropped the most serious trafficking charge, which would have carried jail terms of between five and 20 years and five to 15 strokes of the cane.

In return, Lloyd will plead guilty to some of the remaining charges.

Under Singaporean law, sentencing Judge James Leong could give Lloyd up to 10 years jail.

But lawyers will lodge submissions for the punishment to be reduced.

The guilty plea, contrition and a recent diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will be among the arguments.

The former Delhi-based foreign correspondent told Fairfax newspapers in November that his exposure to mass casualties in the Bali bombings and the 2004 tsunami in Thailand had left him in a "zombie" state of depression.

He said he had an "instant sense of wellbeing" when he smoked "ice" for the first time at a party in Singapore in February.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2434958.htm