Jan Fredrik Wiborg Explained
Jan Fredrik Wiborg (9 October 1944 - 21 June 1994) was a Norwegian civil engineer.[1]
During the early 1990s, he criticised plans for building Oslo's new airport at Gardermoen. The Parliament of Norway had originally decided to build the new airport at Hurumlandet, but weather surveys claimed this location would only be operable 80% of the time. Wiborg claimed the information was falsified[2] and that parliament were deliberately misled by government officials.
Wiborg died on 21 June 1994 after falling from a hotel window in Copenhagen, and crucial documents about the case disappeared. . Circumstances about his death was never fully cleared, Journalists from the newspaper Aftenposten were awarded the prestigious SKUP prize in 1999 for their investigation of the case.[3] [4]
In 2000 the parliamentary Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs held a public hearing about the alleged foul play during the airport planning process. An official report was released in 2001.[5] [6]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Rapport til Stortinget / Hvem var Jan Fredrik Wiborg? . . Norwegian . 17 May 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070102230742/http://www.stortinget.no/saker/dokumenter/2000-2001/dok18-01.pdf . 2 January 2007 .
- http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/overbevist-om-at-varsleren-jan-wiborg-ble-drept/a/23280178/ Overbevist om at varsleren Jan Wiborg ble drept
- Web site: SKUP Prize 1999 . . Norwegian . 25 February 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070324045258/http://www.ij.no/skup/skupprisen/skup99utt.htm#wiborg_vaerrapporten . 24 March 2007 . dead .
- Web site: Wiborg and the Gardermoen weather report . Pål Enghaug . Norwegian . 25 February 2007 . etal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070806082916/http://www.skup.no/Metoderapporter/1999/1999Gardermoen.htm . 6 August 2007 . dmy-all .
- Web site: The political plotting of an airport . whistleblowers.dk . 25 February 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071008225344/http://www.whistleblowers.dk/live/uk_gardermoen.php . 8 October 2007 . dead .
- Web site: Norwegian airport probe says court of impeachment must be considered . 2 March 2001 . . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20080103055306/http://archives.californiaaviation.org/airport/msg13587.html. 3 January 2008. 25 February 2007.
