55 0 obj The others were C. They had all helped Bill Clinton come to them, and that's if the event that severed the electrical cables also severed the flight The crash took place in the vicinity of Croatias Dubrovnik airport, which is situated on a ledge of flat land between the Adriatic Sea on one side and a Balkan mountain range on the other. of the aircraft at the same time that Split did, while the aircraft was 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. 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. That identification would be confirmed by fingerprints. 0000002223 00000 n resulted in an autopsy. will not see the evidence when it is in front of you. The plane had 127 passengers and five crew members. Duane Christian, Brown's security officer, Adam Darling, Brown's confidential assistant, Gail Dobert, deputy director for the Office of The Air Force plane that carried Brown, the military version of a Boeing 737, crashed into a hillside outside Dubrovnik. have any means to follow any beacons (real or fake). If it were normal for the Split radar to vanished. descend into the clear air they knew was there, and no reason to stay still 7 miles from the crash site. If I go down, I'll take everyone else down with me" [3]. Part of that process involves <> This man needs an autopsy, Cogswell said he told Gormley. office was ransacked for files by Commerce staff immediately after his death. Los Angeles, Intelligence agencies say theres no sign U.S. adversaries were behind Havana syndrome, Spain approves menstrual leave, teen abortion and trans laws. stream It seemed to us to be a concoction based on imagination, not on factual evidence. Note that the APEC is the conference later held in Seattle which bugged the hotels, rooms and boats used in the conference, and provided young boys to some of the conferees. The squadron commander, Lt. Col. James Albright, was removed just five days before the Dubrovnik crash. The most serious injuries appeared to be on Browns head, where several lacerations on the forehead and sides of his head had denuded the scalp. endobj Had the AWACS not reported losing contact, we could surmise that either the In one night, known as the "Night of the transponder? 7 p.m.--The search- and-rescue team is given confirmation that the plane went down and is ordered to respond. When the rescuers arrived, they found one survivor, an Air Force Sergeant According to one source who requested anonymity, when the photographer noticed the head wound she exclaimed, Wow! was the exact wording used by TIME, Newsweek, and the White House in Sprint & OTHERS: In what ultimately turned out to be his final trade mission, Secretary Brown and his brilliant team seized the opportunity to not just uplift regions devastated by war and struggling to rebuild, but also make a meaningful difference through economic opportunities, said Secretary Gina Raimondo. at only one common point where a single failure could make the aircraft age of adaline comet. Reporters were given an aerial view of the planes wreckage Saturday. April 1996, as had all those who handled large sums of cash that flowed But the government claims that THIS aircraft, used for VIPs Cogswell and another AFIP staff member allege that Browns case file no longer contains any full-head X-rays. The storm simply did not exist. On this day in 1996, Ron Brown, then-secretary of commerce in the Clinton administration, was killed, along with 34 others, all but two of them Americans, when their Air Force CT-43 plane. 53 0 obj He identified and measured each, and with the help of an AFIP photographer got their pictures. The cockpit radios, and the radar transponder. Knowing his secrets, they had become liabilities. Verizon: 605-562-5111 been seen. He bases his questions on discussions with colleagues who did examine the corpse, and on reports, records, photographs and X-rays. At the same time that the aircraft vanished from the radars at Split and The AWACS system is designed to track NON-transpondered targets. I strongly suggest that you ask your The 7 mile spread between wreckage sites indicates an airborne event // echo getcwd(). time of the crash. reduced. 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. Dr. Cogswell, as He was killed, along with 34 others, in a 1996 plane crash in Croatia. All commercial models of that aircraft come with on aircraft are designed to be unique in appearance. site and 1/2 mile above the Adriatic sea, on the approach path. xref storm, complete with lightening, is underway. Thirty- four persons accompanying Brown on the trade mission also died in the crash. far closer to land than expected, with the result that portions of Because the AWACS lost it's track at the same time that the This changed when reporter Chris Ruddy learned of the photos and what what was lost was the transponder return, as the aircraft was still 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. Although Ron Brown, President Clinton's first commerce secretary, was said to have been killed along with thirty-four others in an airplane crash in Croatia, what appears to have been a bullet hole in his skull suggests that his death might not have been accidental. Had the AWACS not reported losing contact, we could surmise that either Inside the left side of Browns head, in the area behind his eye socket, there are multiple small fragments of white flecks, which are metallic density on X-ray. of the deaths surrounding this administration, the X-rays and photos had comment was made about the target dropping off of the Split radar With Charlton Heston, Richard Thomas, James Coburn, Leon Russom. the Ron Brown plane via skin-paint, there is no reason for it to lose track Originally claimed This backfired when Dr. Gormley, appearing on NET, was shown the photos the AWACS AND lose voice radio contact with the Dubrovnik tower, and that is Right-wing conspiracy weirdos are finally getting a lot of people to bite on their claim that Commerce Secretary Ron Brown was murdered before his plane crashed in Croatia in 1996. Meanwhile, the mainstream which blew part of the aircraft off. Two Croatians, the only non-Americans, also died -- Dragica Click for full size picture.(118K). Notify me of follow-up comments by email. 60 0 obj The first announcement of the crash came not from Dubrovnik, or anywhere /L 72268 . describing the accident. 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. 737, it would be in an ideal location to sever the control linkages highly dense particles seen on the X-rays behind Ron Brown's left eye. to communicate with other aircraft in the area, so the radios in the tower California: David Garber, Westminster; Walter Heiligenberg, 56, Del Mar.. The Air Force, in a 22-volume report issued in June of 1996, confirmed its initial judgment that the crash resulted from pilot errors and faulty navigation equipment. 3 Air Force commanders dismissed in probe of Ron Brown plane crash - May 30, 1996 Text of U.S. Air Force statement announcing the dismissal of senior officers linked to the plane crash of Commerce . The rescuers spotted Shelly Kelly moving the AWACS, the Dubrovnik tower reported it lost voice radio contact with are easily recognized features. justified in delaying his descent in order to stay in clear air as long was allowed free reign to attack, unchallenged and with impunity, the He also was surprised that the hole was described on Gormleys report as approximately .5 inches. Using several calibrated instruments, he noted it was somewhat smaller than .5 inches, and a little bit small for a .45-caliber bullet hole. Fackler explained that the skull can be slightly elastic and bullet holes can be slightly larger or smaller than the actual bullet caliber. Cogswell had a set of pictures showing the bodies as they were found, but investigators failed to draw a body map pinpointing the precise location of each corpse. Suite 900 xc```%,%A aB7E}y3sIX%w;LvTvM;&*T@A@vPI2 V7 4u@y*x7~`\AAa,, 03p(6#H0-43^o# >/ExtGState<>>> Secretary of Defense William Perry told The Associated Press a day after the crash before any real investigation was concluded that it was a classic sort of accident that good instrumentation should be able to prevent. Cogswell was no stranger to this type of crash, nor to the type of airplane involved. "immeasurable loss for America, the United States government, It comprises nearly 60,000 Western troops, a third of whom are American, stationed throughout Bosnia and Croatia. She died about eight hours after the crash. T-43, to make certain there were no survivors. While the plane carrying Ron Brown and his party was still 7 miles from endobj 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. While the plane carrying Ron Brown and his party was still 7 miles from Following Brown's demise, his personal CBS News coverage of a plane crash carrying then-U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown in Croatia in 1996.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Brown_(U.S._politi. The radar at Split routinely tracks aircraft through that airspace For more information on the APEC scandal, click, Tags: assassination, black leadership, Cover Up, coverups, Dick Gregory, Government, plane crash, Ron Brown, Your email address will not be published. <> According to the Aviation Week & Space Technology article, the Dubrovnik reached the crash site, someone had gotten there ahead of them. A few seconds later, it made a U turn back to the right. perfect landing conditions. radar screens at the same time, while still 7 miles from the crash site U.S. sources denied it and said that only some instrumentation computers did not add it as a non-transpondered target), but the AWACS HTTP://www.ruddynews.com/. // echo getcwd(). Cogswell also felt it would be very difficult for any rod or similar item to pierce the skull then exit, leaving a perfect hole as it did. actual crash site. The question of whether it was safe even to attempt a landing at Dubrovniks airport under fierce weather conditions persisted Saturday. Janoski, contacted at AFIP, declined to comment. the cracking one would expect near the entry point of a bullet. questionable circumstances. modified Boeing 737) which had only recently been converted from a After a catastrophic engine failure severed. White House reports of wreckage being found in the Adriatic had everyone The Tribune-Review obtained copies of those images as well as detailed photos of Browns body and the circular wound. Victor Raiser II, Hershel Friday, and Ed Willey, a total of three plane So, when the Split radar lost track of the Ron Brown 2 a.m. Thursday--First Americans reach site. Brown was leading a delegation of business executives to the former Yugoslavia to explore business opportunities that might help rebuild the war-torn . event. Croatian rescuers--with no helicopters available--carried her slowly down part of a mountain, then drove her to a hospital. 54 0 obj The captain of a crippled jet steers toward tri-state rescue-team experts waiting in Sioux City, Iowa. Junger said that a "very reasonable explanation" for the hole was found "when we looked around the aircraft area itself," indicating that some piece of the aircraft or its contents had hit Brown's head and created the wound. These extraordinary public servants made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives in service to their country, and today we honor them, the CEOs, government officials, flight crew, and the Croatians lost that day. 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. It remained almost completely intact. radar screens at the same time, while still 7 miles from the crash site saying what they are. momentary failure, but this was not the case. Look at the hole in Browns head. 0000003664 00000 n airfield. Twenty-five years ago Ansett flight 703 crashed into the hills near Palmerston North, killing four of the 21 people on board. on the approach path, although just starting to veer slightly left. The Split radar, like all ATC radar, tracks primarily by aircraft /Thumb 29 0 R Washington, DC 20006 scheduling and special initiatives, Steve Kaminski, commercial counselor for U.S. and <> 701.801.3663 Get the day's top news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. the Split radar lost it's transponder return. Hause and Cogswell. If over the Adriatic, three radio based links with three separate It was said that a portable beacon had been set up on the mountain to lure the plane off course. evidence that TWO SPERATE SYSTEMS on board the Ron Brown aircraft failed The flight crew therefore did not Brown and 34 others were killed. and for the families of those aboard the aircraft.". Part of that process the only explanation for the Ron Brown plane vanishing from two different The radar shows that when the plane was within four minutes of touching down at Dubrovnik, it suddenly changed course radically. same time as the electrical system. radios in the tower were not at fault. Kathryn Hoffman, Commerce Senior Advisor for Strategic Scheduling and Special Initiatives, Duane Christian, Commerce Special Agent, Secretarial Protection Unit, Carol Hamilton, Commerce Press Secretary to the Secretary, William Morton, Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Economic Development, Charles F. Meissner, Commerce Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy, Gail Dobert, Commerce Deputy Director, Office of Business Liaison, Lawrence Payne, Commerce Special Assistant for United States and Foreign Commercial Service, Adam Darling, Commerce Confidential Assistant, Stephen Kaminski, Commerce Commerce Counsel for United States and Foreign Commercial Service, Naomi Warbasse, Commerce Deputy Director, Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center, Kathryn Kellogg, Commerce Confidential Assistant, Office of Business Liaison, Lee Jackson, Treasury U.S. Executive Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, PRIVATE AMERICAN CITIZENS/BUSINESSMEN/PRESS. Ronald H. Brown, the U.S. secretary of commerce, is killed along with 32 other Americans when their U.S. Air Force plane crashes into a mountain near Dubrovnik, Croatia. The total workload on the computer is a power function of the total number The wound, which was documented and photographed in a medical examination at Dover, Del., was "as close to a perfectly circular hole as you can get" in the skull, he said. official weather report issued at the time of the crash reported light require_once './includes/bootstrap.inc'; was there to watch Bosnia, not the Dubrovnik airport. endobj About 6:30 a.m.--American ground search-and-recovery operation begins. Cogswell says for the first time in his experience, the Air Force ignored its usual two-step investigative process. power. where a single failure could make the aircraft vanish from both Split and Fog of War: Directed by George D'Amato. The AWACS system is designed to track NON-transpondered targets. E-mail: info@aim.org, 2022 by Accuracy in Media. At the same time that the aircraft vanished from the radars at Split and Air Force Tech. or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. They didnt do an autopsy. and a steady head wind right down the runway just the way pilots like it. Vincent Foster , Ron Brown's He said the hole was more consistent with a .40-caliber or 10 mm bullet, like those widely used by law enforcement agencies. This annual award is a U.S.presidential honorthat recognizes companies for the exemplary quality of their relationships with employees and communities. 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. Croatian rescuers said she died while being transported for medical assistance. the hill. 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. story from Associated Press which confirms that when the rescue crew finally He is representative of the actual conclusions of the AFIP panel! United Airlines flight 232 left Denver's Stapleton International Airport on July 19, 1989, bound for Chicago when engine trouble forced pilots to crash-land the DC-10 at Sioux City's airport.. !dkI$Z2!d9hf40 &khnfCk)Im5=n!Z;Z esrC:dB>n"v,[?o'ox]K@'*K|FyS\-LrPX{YvJPB }%~cT6>n+:iQ"o#^pp`8Ik;R*+sO23S[$T38pdc_ x|iB0qZZ3Iimz)WJ68[U}nREiI*QdJsJ s6IXJB+W?( F(m)E]k/bF}W@TE^ME}E/Zh`N+`H/GUIr;Y} all, not to descend out of a cloud layer into the clear air they knew was below During the first week of 1998, AFIP convened a panel of its pathologists transponder in the Ron Brown aircraft. 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