History: Special trade mission flight IFO-21
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| Date | 3 Aprill 1996 | ||
| Type : | Pilot error, badly designed instrument approach, CFIT | ||
| Location : | Dubrovnik Airport | ||
| Passengers : | 30 | ||
| Crew : | 5 | ||
| Fatalities : | 35 (all) | ||
| Survivors : | 0 | ||
| Aircraft involved : | Boeing CT-43A a modified version of the Boeing 737-200 | ||
| Operator : | United States Air Force | ||
| Aircraft registration : | 73-1149 | ||
| Flight origin : | Zagreb Airport | ||
| Destination : | Dubrovnik Airport | ||
On 3 April 1996 special trade mission flight IFO-21 a USAF Boeing CT-43A crashed on approach to Dubrovnik Airport during an official trade mission killing all 35 people on board. The Boeing CT-43A was carrying the United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and some other notable people like The New York Times Frankfurt Bureay chief Nathaniel C. Nash. The plane crashed into a mountainside while attempting an instrument approach. Initially there was one survivor Air Force Technical Sergeant Shelly Kelly who received only minor injuries however she died three hours after the crash due to an injury sustained in the ambulance.
The aircraft involved in the crash was operated by the 86th Airlift Wing, based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Due to the fact that this was a modified 737 for military use it wasn't equipped with a flight data recorder or a cockpit voice recorder.
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Aircraft
Background
Accident
Search and recovery
Passengers and crew
Investigation
Conclusions
Aftermath
Legacy
The crash of this special trade mission flight is featured in episode 10 of the 4th season of the air-crash investigation television show Air Crash Investigations (called Mayday in the US), entitled Fog of War.
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