Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Nuclear Expert Falls From 17th Floor Of U.N. Building




British nuclear expert falls 120ft to his death in Vienna
[link to www.telegraph.co.uk] It was reported that
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, who has not been named, died after falling more than 120ft to the bottom of a stairwell.
He worked for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), an international agency charged with uncovering illicit nuclear tests.
The incident happened on Tuesday as the United States, France, Russia and Iran held talks close by aimed at cooling tensions over Tehran's nuclear programme.
Four months previously another UN worker also believed to be British fell a similar distance at the same building, according to other staff working there.

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