Didn't John Irvine get "Tsunami Correspondant" status in Banda Aceh/Thailand because he happened to be on HOLIDAY THERE AT THE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I bet the BBC flew him (& Family) home from it)
Johnnie is ITN.
As an aside, on the BBC One O'clock News today there was a piece about an inquest/enquiry into a Sea Knight crash with UK fatalities a while back. The footage was of a....Sea Knight. Maybe they are getting better...