yet another case...
It had to happen again. This time, to another friend's coursemates. I seriously do not know what to think or say anymore...
Read the reports in CNA below.
SAF suspends heliborne rappelling training after accident - 14 July 2005 1450 hours
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Forces has suspended its heliborne rappelling exercises and is reviewing the system to ensure it is entirely safe.
The move came in the wake of the death of two servicemen on Wednesday night.
24-year-old commando First Sergeant Shiva Mohan and a foreign serviceman, whose identity has not been released, were injured during heliborne training at Sembawang Air Base.
They were given immediate medical attention and sent to the Singapore General Hospital where they were pronounced dead two hours later.
Second Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen stressed that the SAF takes training accidents seriously and would be introducing a safety time-out.
He said: "Safety time-out is a time whereby we give commanders material and safety messages for themselves as well as the men that they are leading in the training, to put more emphasis on safety.
"These (training) incidents must strengthen our resolve..... to look into our systems to make sure we have done everything to make sure that training is safe.
"We want to train as realistically as possible, but we also want to train as safely as possible." - CNA
SAF commando, foreign serviceman die after being injured in training - 14 July 2005 1126 hours
SINGAPORE: A Singapore Armed Forces regular commando and a foreign serviceman have died after they were injured during training.
MINDEF says 24-year-old First Sergeant Shiva Mohan and the foreign serviceman, whose identity has not been released, were injured during heliborne training at Sembawang Air Base at 9.11pm on Wednesday.
They were given immediate medical attention and sent to the Singapore General Hospital.
But they were pronounced dead at 11.00pm.
MINDEF is investigating the incident.
Last month, a regular SAF serviceman died after collapsing during a routine run at Jurong Camp while another serviceman drowned during training in the waters off Changi Naval Base. - CNA