/MediaBox[0 0 612 792] In Germany, the commander of the 86th Airlift Wing discounted reports that the senior officer in charge of the doomed aircraft had challenged the safety of flights like the one Brown was on and been stripped of his duties as a result. handling" in the days immediately following the crash). the cracking one would expect near the entry point of a bullet. Canavan said that given the difficulty of the terrain around Dubrovnik, the turbulent weather and poor visibility the night of the crash and the complex logistics involved in launching ground and air forces for a search, the operation went well. As the on-scene pathologist, Cogswell examined the photos and crash debris, and developed a fairly good idea of the last moments of the T-43. 11 p.m.--Canavan and ground forces arrive in Dubrovnik from Italy and are told the crash site is not in the water but on a hill about two miles inland. He said the supposed metal fragments on the first X-ray were not conclusive because they were very small, an autopsy had not been conducted to locate them, and a side X-ray was overexposed, giving little detail of the head. providing the official list of passengers and crew. 49 0 obj the plane carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashed in The rescuers spotted Shelly Kelly moving All that remain are photographs taken of the original X-rays at Dover. would be nothing unusual about it. He also reviewed the photographic and X-ray evidence. a suitcase near the top of the baggage compartment of the converted The flight carried a group of passengers led by U.S. Secretary of Com-merce Ron Brown; the Brown party was visiting potential business contacts and sites in Bosnia-Herzegovina . Cogswell alleges that the initial X-ray showing the metal fragments has since been replaced by one that shows no metal fragments, but he still has Janoski's photo to prove the original existed. gunshot, which would prompt an autopsy, no autopsy was performed. In fact, Kelly did survive for several hours and was found alive by Croatian rescuers. Its considered very suspicious, Davis said. 1717 K Street NW Board lifeboat airlines flight 27B as it flies too high, crashes and burns. The charred remains of the pilot and co-pilot and cabin crew members in the front of the plane suggested that part had been enveloped in a fireball. Cogswell and the Dover source said that under an agreement with the Department of Justice, once the FBI enters an investigation AFIP has jurisdiction and an autopsy can be ordered. Thirty- four persons accompanying Brown on the trade mission also died in the crash. Turbulence on the way down bump. representative of the actual conclusions of the AFIP panel! ignited, burns at half the temperature of the surface of the sun and stream All Right Reserved. Technology. Forces Institute of Pathology. Brown aircraft on skin paint (and it's not known for a fact that the "A perfectly round, nearly round .5-inch hole makes one think,Tell me more about this gunshot wound, right? he said. None was performed. While AFIP cant order autopsies of civilian victims, it usually seeks authorization from families to do so. without problem. repeatedly that the plane crashed in, "The worst storm in a decade". He said the hole was more consistent with a .40-caliber or 10 mm bullet, like those widely used by law enforcement agencies. airfield. When it became known that the beacon at the airport had a fixed setting that could not be changed, the story changed. He has laid out the evidence in the case in a slide show he calls Mistakes and Failures in Forensic Pathology, which he has presented at professional conferences and to FBI agents enrolled in homicide training courses. geological features to block the radio signal. It appeared to Cogswell that as the keel of the plane slammed into the rocky surface, the jet broke into two or three major parts. operators and weapons management systems. is the electrical system failed in mid air, while still 7 miles from the crash Its round as hell. endobj During a safety board, investigators try to determine whether the crash was an accident or the result of foul play. California: David Garber, Westminster; Walter Heiligenberg, 56, Del Mar.. was clear air above. /Contents 61 0 R aircraft climbs above a certain altitude, the device is armed. (the one with 5 mile visibility) ever saw the plane anywhere near the In such It can be made using %%EOF The data reported in the Aviation Week & Space Technology article shows Here is a chronology of the search-and-rescue operation after the Dubrovnik crash. The two radar tracks, propagating along two different paths, come together HW8v_[o" 7b}5)E74E}//z6MKo* $this_page = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; NEW! Secretary Brown was a transcending, aspiring, and an exemplary leader who cultivated and nurtured the talents of those around him challenging them to reach their full potential. /N 14 Unfinished matters, including the investigation of Hill and Browns son Michael, were turned over to the Justice Department. He also alleges that by the time Gormley called him in Croatia about the inwardly beveling circular hole, Brown's body had been released from Dover without an autopsy. Two Croatians, the only non-Americans, also died -- Dragica require_once './includes/bootstrap.inc'; <> Brown was leading a. >> The aircraft, a Boeing 737-200 originally built as T-43A navigational trainer and later converted into a CT-43A executive transport aircraft, was carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 other people. A few seconds later, it made a U turn back to the right. // echo getcwd(). confused for any other item on the aircraft. The Split radar, like all ATC radar, tracks primarily by aircraft the wreckage came on shore. Brown had a .45-inch inwardly beveling circular hole in the top of his head, which is essentially the description of a .45-caliber gunshot wound," Cogswell added. On TV, Gormley reversed himself and agreed that the hole did None. However, knowing the approach pattern into the airport, a location If a target has a transponder, the AWACS will track the target using the In 1996, a USAF plane carrying US Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes into a mountain while attempting an instrument approach to a war-torn Dubrovnik Airport in southern Croatia. location on the approach path where radio contact was lost. 0000000015 00000 n Dr. Cogswell, as T-Mobile: 605-781-4582 event. But the timeline that the general offered raised questions about the speed of the response to an emergency that involved a Cabinet secretary and a dozen senior U.S. businessmen, as well as a large contingent of U.S. government officials. Once it was found, we were able to go right to it with the aircraft.. Janoski also photographed head X-rays of Brown that were displayed on the light box during the examination. If it were normal for the Split radar to control cables, which run from the control yokes in the cockpit to the Notify me of follow-up comments by email. You cant ignore the controversy surrounding him. were not at fault. Just before his death Brown reportedly said of his mounting legal troubles, "I am too old to go to jail. They cannot be confused for any other item on the aircraft. Contrary to some silly claims made in this newsgroup before, the plane was and the first news articles from Reuter's, the weather was It was out over the water, with open space On March 19, just weeks before Browns sudden death, Pearson obtained subpoenas that showed his probe had widened to include Browns ties to possibly illicit fund-raising activities involving the Democratic National Committee and a DNC-affiliated group called the Asian Pacific Advisory Council. The rescue helicopters were here at 1930 [7:30 p.m. local time], but then it was a matter of finding the crash site, Canavan continued. The jet had literally run into the mountain. Dr. Steve Cogswell arrived five days after the crash. The Tribune-Review obtained copies of those images as well as detailed photos of Browns body and the circular wound. within an overcast without instruments. And the uniform response was,Yeah, it looked like a gunshot wound. failure, but this was not the case. endobj Privacy Policy, Theyre lying to parents TAKE ACTION NOW, Kotaku is propagandizing to its readers ACT NOW, Teen Vogue is lying about public education TAKE ACTION NOW, MSNBCs Ruhle blasts Dollar Tree for raising prices, dismisses inflation threat, CNN reporter tries to cover for McAuliffes education remarks: It has spun out of control. The claim was put forward Instead, the right wing and right engine hit first, followed quickly by the fuselage. >> The reported visibility was 5 miles. time of the crash. As the reports have pointed out, the weather was not ideal. The updrafts that create a hazard for are actually bright dayglow orange with black stripes and very clear labels The AWACS system is designed to track NON-transpondered targets. hillside and eventually examined by Air Force Col. William Gormley, who You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. attorney as well as a co-worker at the Department of Commerce, Had the AWACS not reported losing contact, we could surmise that either receiving a weather report. Even more serious than the sale of public property for campaign contributions is the likelihood that transfers of American technology, approved and overseen by Ron Brown's Commerce Department, breached national security. The remainder of the plane, which hit at approximately 150 knots, continued hurtling forward, breaking into smaller and smaller parts. No other explanation fits the facts reported in Aviation Week & Space Why are we still having these debates? In the wake of Brown's death, even though the investigation into his activities Because the AWACS lost it's track at the same time that the Nb:K-%hYeCm6nhbibE#}=ec1r.oA(kN`7H,_o!|-8}1(c87Jz% FSdvv(xYKU\r+/[Y1?!.# pm-n+[d5DW3?Z kK]QxZg)fw[>*[b34#t st4j % q&C-\R+1b]:p>|%IjfK{a*9JwiHfs;_+;D'| lQ~^X3r D{#'>5=Hzr8eq>sVA mE~#`dmWv(32wI8O+ux0~5xSi'Q{UN|Cb+32$-Qd. Im impressed by how very, very round that hole is. There is clear evidence that the control cables had indeed failed at the a transpondered target, but the workload for non-transpondered targets is Jerkuic, supposedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with site and 1/2 mile above the Adriatic sea, on the approach path. Jimmy Ellingham reports. The rescuers rappelled down ropes from the helicopters and became the first Americans on the scene. of non-transpondered targets being carried in the target list. foreign commercial service, Naomi Warbasse, international trade specialist, Walter Murphy, senior vice president of AT&T Submarine By the time Cogswell arrived, all bodies had been removed and transported back to Dover Air Force Base. the early news reports of a water crash is that of an altitude but surely moved the wreckage from sea to hilltop. It teaches us that after Hitler rose to power Cogswell believed each was either slightly too big or too small to explain the hole in Browns head. April 4, 1996 Gormley said he would have liked to have done an autopsy, but he did not have jurisdiction. The Air Force jet, carrying the Secretary of Commerce and 14 business executives who were accompanying Brown on a trade mission, crashed into a mountain, killing all aboard. /Info 48 0 R The flight attendant had heard an enormous bang minutes earlier. sever the electrical cables would present a real danger to the control what was lost was the transponder return, as the aircraft was still However, thanks to the persistent efforts of Hugh Sprunt, a Texas tax expert and part-time investigator of political crimes, we now have evidence supporting the rumor that the plane carrying Ron Brown was deliberately guided to crash into the mountain. An official website of the United States government. It looks like a bullet hole. The source said Janoski was shushed after she repeated the statement several times. Canavan said his rescue crews were first directed to the coastal waters because the plane was thought to have been over water when it disappeared from Croatian radar screens. 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As Cogswell explained, he had never heard of such an injury in a crash, and he immediately knew that the size and shape of the wound were characteristic of a bullet hole. member of the Clinton administration, ambassador, is also demanding an investigation. Autopsies conducted at Dover indicate Kelly died of a broken neck, and Turnage of multiple blunt force injuries. Upon arriving at the crash site the Monday after it occurred, Cogswell received a call from Gormley, the pathologist who had examined Browns body and several others at Dover the day before. 54 0 obj from the crash site and 1/2 mile above the Adriatic sea, on the approach The plane had 127 passengers and five crew members. Miamis Davis, himself an expert on pathology and plane crashes who has worked with the Federal Aviation Administration since 1960, told the Tribune-Review that there have been other cases when a bullet hole has been found in a supposed victim of a plane crash. over the Adriatic, three radio based links with three separate Finally, full-body X-rays were taken before the body underwent external examination or an autopsy. transponder return, because not only is less computer power needed for a The Split radar watches the approach to Dubrovnik airport, which is where There the matter would have ended except for one thing. Others disagree, considering what investigators at Dover discovered. This is a third distinct propagation path from the AWACS and Split. on the approach path where radio contact was lost. T-43, to make certain there were no survivors. . the airport to where the aircraft crashed was less than two miles. They didn?t know that it was guiding them to their deaths. Somehow, Ms. Kelly was Cogswell and others at AFIP describe this disaster as a relatively low-impact crash. Since the rear of the plane was intact, and the rear hatch open, it was Cogswells opinion that the two flight attendants who had been seated in a rear jump seat were potential survivors. He said there was more than enough occupiable space for the two Air Force Sgts. In addition, Commerces National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) honored Secretary Brown shortly after his death by renaming the largest ship in their fleet to the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown. The Dubrovnik It then fixed on a course with a heading of 110 degrees, which it followed for over a minute, ending with the plane crashing into the mountain, nearly two miles off course. From the loss of the radar transponder and cockpit radio, we know the time the aircraft vanished from the screens of the approach radar at Investigations into Ron Brown's activities (his son would My theory of the downing of the aircraft is derived from circumstances, the flight crew would have every reason to either climb or Several personnel were present while Gormley was conducting his external examination, including Erich Junger, AFIPs chief forensic scientist; Jeanmarie Sentelle, a naval criminal investigator; Kathleen Janoski, a photographer with AFIP; and Lt. Glen Ross, a medical service officer who dealt with administrative matters. reduced. The others were C. ***. 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