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Posted on 10/23/2009 8:28:04 PM PDT by pissant
A British nuclear expert has fallen to his death from the 17th floor of the United Nations offices in Vienna.
The 47-year-old man died after falling more than 120ft to the bottom of a stairwell. He has not been named.
He worked for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, an international agency charged with uncovering illicit nuclear tests.
A UN spokesman in the Austrian capital said there were no "suspicious circumstances" surrounding the man's death.
Police said no other person was believed to have been involved. No suicide note has been found.
Four months ago another UN worker also believed to be British fell from a similar height in the same building, it has been reported.
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Who are they kidding?
Falling to your death seems to be an occupational hazard when you work on that floor...
Hmmm, very odd indeed.
I wonder if anybody named Hassan Hussein Abulladulla was around at the time?
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I guess he just kept right on rolling around the landings too.
‘If you are going to make up a story, make it a bold one’ seems to be their motto.
Brits haven’t mastered stairs after all these years? They still jump over the bannister in their hurry?
ADA codes for handrails only require a 200 lb restraining force for any point load.
Think about that the next time you are at a party and the heavy Type A guy asks you to hold his beer and watch as he hangs off the handrail.
Was he staying in Room 1408?
I will add him to the “dead scientists” list if you agree.
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Povl BangJensen
He worked at the UN and had the names of Freedom Fighters who killed George Soros’ henchmen.
The henchmen were dragged out of their lairs in Budapest and hung on lamposts. Povl paid for knowing who done it.
Maybe terminal velocity isn’t covered in nuclear physics classes across the pond?
Another SOROS bump.
Thread ping.
According to OSHA, slips, trips and falls comprise the second leading cause of accidental death (with motor vehicle accidents being the first). On average, 15,000 Americans will slip, trip or fall to their death in any given year.
So, yes, it's a quite common way to accidentally kill yourself.
LOL. How many of those were from being shoved over a stair railing.
ON THE INTERNET:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&&rls=en&q=NUCLEAR+EXPERT+%2B+un.org&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
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http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=NUCLEAR+EXPERT+%2B+UN
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“British nuclear expert death a mystery”
Published: Oct. 23, 2009 at 1:13 PM
SNIPPET: “VIENNA, Oct. 23 (UPI) — Austrian police are investigating the circumstances involving the death of a British nuclear expert involved in Iranian talks at a U.N. building in Vienna.
Timothy Hampton died on the scene when he fell from the 17th floor of the Vienna International Center. Hampton had been a member of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization and joined the U.N. team in negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program.”
SNIPPET: “Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, described the latest talks with Iran as positive.”
One would think that there would be security cameras in the building.
"Four months ago another UN worker also believed to be British fell from a similar height in the same building, it has been reported."
But on average, will two British Nuclear Scientiest fall to their deaths in the same building within four months?
Get with your actuary on this one, will wait for your report.
Twice in four months. Damn.
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
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21. 10. 09. - 16:00
“British nuclear expert dies in 40-metre plunge”
By Thomas Hochwarter
SNIPPET: “Police are investigating after a British nuclear energy expert involved in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme fell 40 metres to his death from a UN building in Vienna.
Officials announced today (Weds) that the man – named as Timothy Hampton – died on the spot yesterday after a fall from the 17th floor at Vienna International Centre (VIC), one of the United Nations’ (UN) main headquarters along with New York, Nairobi and Geneva.
Authorities said the 47-year-old man – a member of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) – had joined the UN’s current talks with Iran over its nuclear programme.”
Yes, especially 47 year olds whose work is so secret that their names can’t be released even after they’re dead. Mark my words, this is somehow connected to the American “moon scientist” (who also had top level nuclear security clearance) who was arrested the following day for spying for Israel.
“Four months ago another UN worker also believed to be British fell from a similar height in the same building.” With similar results. No “suspicious circumstances”…
Ben and PI. Nothing here, please just move along. Brits getting more jumpy, railing malfunctions, vertigo, or just Vienaside?
Whats the connection here, one may wonder. R
The great majority of those are elderly or very drunk. This guy was 47 and presumably not sloshed at the office while conducting top secret nuclear surveillance.
“dead scientists” list ?!?
There’s epidemic large enough to keep a “list” thread? Wow, I need to go read up..
So now they’re naming him. That’s progress, I suppose.
As far as I’ve heard, there’s no indication that the previous one was a nuclear scientist. But then again, if officials are still referring to him as “a UN worker believed to be British” months after his death, I suppose he must have had some very sensitive position.
Oh I see, its a keyword..
Are there no elevators in this building? I mean, if you toss a bloke (well, two blokes) over the banister, he’s way going to beat you to the bottom if you can only exit by the stairs. How do you get out of the murder scene? Run screaming down the stairs ‘OMG he fell!’ ?
Have a nice trip, see you next fall.
Polonium came to my mind upon reading this.
LOL I think we’re all waiting to see how Drew was going to explain. They come up with the most amazing explanations of things.
It’s hard to imagine a building with a 17+ floors not having elevators. And almost as hard to imagine people who have reason to be on the 17th floor not using the elevators instead of the stairs. Possibly the stairs are used for short trips — maybe faster to get from 16 to 17 by stairs than waiting for an elevator. But still . . .
Hmm ... I wonder ... if at the bottom of the stairwell ... he left ... a self portrait?
It’s obvious somebody’s trying to send somebody a message.. but who? To whom?
I don’t know, but see my post #27. Something’s up in the world of top secret nuclear science — some kind of information must have leaked out recently — a double agent discovered, or somebody suddenly becoming a double agent — and this death and the arrest are part of the fallout.
The Ft. Marcy Park of nuclear physics...??
Hans Melchers is owner of Melchemie Holland BV, which had supplied chemicals to Iraq in the 1980s and was once fined for a shipment of banned chemicals, which it called a "one-time mistake." Melchers' ex-wife, Anna Maria Lievens, was found dead at the bottom of the stairs of her home in Malta in 1999, reportedly after a fall. Dutch media said Lievens had contacted Dutch financial authorities alleging her husband's company sold chemicals to Iraq, Syria and Libya. -------- "Dutch Millionaire's Daughter Released," By TOBY STERLING, Associated Press Writer, YahooNews/AP, Thu Sep 15, 2005 ; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1485337/posts
“Four months ago another UN worker also believed to be British fell from a similar height in the same building, it has been reported.”
Coincidence. NOT!!
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I fell down the stairs once at a pricey restaurant.
Broke my ankle, but the bruies...what a bummer.
Thanks for the additional post piasa.
Probably just your typical absent minded professor thinking about flubber or some sort of death ray...
Sounds like a job for Bond, James Bond.
OFF THREAD TOPIC (but interesting)...
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Vienna, one of the spy capitals of the world(rampant hits by foreign agents)
AFP ^ | 02/20/09 | Philippe Schwab
Posted on February 22, 2009 2:38:43 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Vienna, one of the spy capitals of the world
by Philippe Schwab Fri Feb 20, 9:06 pm ET
VIENNA (AFP) – Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, Vienna remains a spy haven, swarming with foreign agents who think nothing of killing in broad daylight, while the Austrian authorities turn a blind eye, experts say.
Vienna formed the backdrop to Orson Welles’s legendary spy thriller “The Third Man” in 1949, but even today it remains a hive of secret service activity.
“Austria is still a favourite place for agents. They’re frequently known to the authorities, but rarely hindered. Everything is handled courteously and diplomatically. There’s a long tradition in that,” said Siegfried Beer, director of the Austrian Centre for Intelligence, Propaganda and Security Studies (ACIPSS), at the University of Graz.
In the latest addition to a growing list of cases that look unlikely ever to be resolved, a Chechen dissident, Umar Israilov, was gunned down in broad daylight in the Austrian capital on January 13.
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