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London Helicopter Crash Passenger had concerns about weather

January 24, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

A passenger due to be collected by a helicopter which crashed in central London had suggested the pilot delay taking off, it has been revealed.

Pilot Capt Pete Barnes and a pedestrian died when the helicopter hit a crane in Vauxhall on 16 January.

A report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch shows the client had concerns about the weather and twice suggested take-off be delayed.

The pilot responded by saying he was already starting his engines.

The interim report into the crash also says evidence indicates the top of the crane on The Tower, St George Wharf, was obscured by cloud and details the final exchange between the pilot and the air traffic controller.

British special constable shot dead by bandits in Kenya

January 16, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

A British man who was killed in Kenya on Saturday was a special constable with the Metropolitan Police.

Jamal Moghe, 26, from Wembley, north-west London, also worked as a civilian employee of the Met based at Ealing in west London.

He is believed to have been killed by bandits while travelling on a charity trip.

Ealing borough commander Andy Rowell said: “We were all shocked and saddened to hear of Jamal’s death.”

Mr Moghe was a criminal exhibits officer in Ealing and also worked as a special constable – a volunteer police officer – in his home borough of Brent.

Cdr Rowell said: “He was a popular member of the team at Ealing borough and he also chose to serve his community by volunteering as a special. Our thoughts are with his wife and family at this time.”

Guatemalan mayor Carlos Castillo Medrano shot dead

January 16, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

The mayor of the eastern Guatemalan town of Jutiapa has been shot dead as he waited to have his hair cut at a barber’s.

Witnesses say Carlos Enrique Castillo Medrano, 39, was killed by two unidentified men who shot at him six times before escaping on a motorbike.

His death came as President Otto Perez Molina addressed the nation to mark his first year in office and hailed “a historic decline in violence”.

Murders were down by some 10%, he said.

“We have had 526 fewer homicides in 2012 than in the previous year,” said Mr Perez Molina in his state-of-the-nation address.

According to government figures, there were 5,174 violent deaths in Guatemala in 2012.

The president also highlighted a reduction in other crimes.

Cairo train derailment leaves 19 dead

January 16, 2013 / By Armoured Cars / In security

A military train carrying army recruits has derailed south of Egypt’s capital, Cairo, killing 19 people and injuring more than 100, officials say.

The train was heading to an army camp in Cairo when a carriage became detached and crashed into a goods train in the Badrashin area of Giza.

Egypt’s prime minister visited the scene, but was led to safety after being abused by angry bystanders.

Egypt’s roads and railways have a notoriously poor safety record.

Last November 50 children died when a train hit their school bus near Manfalut, 350km (230 miles) south of Cairo, after a signal operator fell asleep.

The transport minister and the head of the railway authority were forced to resign in the wake of the crash.

Anger has been directed towards the government for failing to improve railway safety and infrastructure.