On April 3, 1996, United States Air Force Flight IFO-21, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43A Bobcat crashed on approach to Dubrovnik, Croatia while on an official trade mission. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-253 built as a Boeing CT-43A Bobcat navigational trainer, was carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 other people, including The New York Times Frankfurt Bureau chief Nathaniel C. Nash. While attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport, the airplane crashed into a mountainside killing everyone on board. Air Force TSgt Shelly Kelly initially survived the impact of the crash with minor injuries, but died three hours later from an injury sustained after the crash in an ambulance.
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| - On April 3, 1996, United States Air Force Flight IFO-21, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43A Bobcat crashed on approach to Dubrovnik, Croatia while on an official trade mission. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-253 built as a Boeing CT-43A Bobcat navigational trainer, was carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 other people, including The New York Times Frankfurt Bureau chief Nathaniel C. Nash. While attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport, the airplane crashed into a mountainside killing everyone on board. Air Force TSgt Shelly Kelly initially survived the impact of the crash with minor injuries, but died three hours later from an injury sustained after the crash in an ambulance.
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| - Zagreb International Airport, Zagreb, Croatia
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| - United States Air Force Flight Implementation Force-21
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| - Dover AFB Military Arrival Ceremony
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| - USAF CT-43A crash 1996.jpg
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| - Tuzla International Airport, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina
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| - Dubrovnik Airport, Dubrovnik, Croatia
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| - On April 3, 1996, United States Air Force Flight IFO-21, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43A Bobcat crashed on approach to Dubrovnik, Croatia while on an official trade mission. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-253 built as a Boeing CT-43A Bobcat navigational trainer, was carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 other people, including The New York Times Frankfurt Bureau chief Nathaniel C. Nash. While attempting an instrument approach to Dubrovnik Airport, the airplane crashed into a mountainside killing everyone on board. Air Force TSgt Shelly Kelly initially survived the impact of the crash with minor injuries, but died three hours later from an injury sustained after the crash in an ambulance. The aircraft was operated by the 86th Airlift Wing, based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Unlike civilian 737s, the military CT-43A version was equipped with neither a flight data recorder nor a cockpit voice recorder.
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