1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash

When

3 Apr 1996

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

42.60° N, 18.25° E

Description

aviation accident

Deaths

35

Injured

0

Cause

controlled flight into terrain

1996 aviation accident in Croatia

On 3 April 1996, United States Air Force Flight IFO-21, operated by a Boeing T-43, crashed on approach to Dubrovnik, Croatia, while on an official trade mission. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-200 originally built as a 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, including corporate CEOs.

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