public. formations show up on weather satellite photos of the area at the Listen Live - RBN Streams and Phone Lines, Bodycam Footage Shows DC Metro Police Striking Unconscious Trump Supporter Who Died on Jan. 6, Beetlejuice, AKA Lori Lightfoot, Ousted as Chicago Mayor, Ghislaine Maxwell Reportedly Thrown Into Solitary Confinement After Saying Epstein Was Murdered, CDC Confirms That Majority of Fatal Covid Vaccines Were Knowingly Sent to Red States, Climate Lockdowns: The 15 Minute City Is a Quarantine Program for Neighborhoods, *** US Weapons to Ukraine Are NOT Arriving! endobj it would be normal and expected behavior. what the first puppy has been named. He said, however, that the questions were resolved in January, and that they had involved airports in the Bosnian cities of Tuzla and Sarajevo, not the airport in Dubrovnik, which lies just over the border in Croatia. Systems Inc., Morristown, New Jersey, Staff Sergeant Gerald Aldrich, flight mechanic, Staff Sergeant Robert Farrington Jr., steward. reached the crash site, someone had gotten there ahead of them. 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. Shelley Kelly and Cheryl Turnage to have lived. (the one with 5 mile visibility) ever saw the plane anywhere near the Hugh Sprunt, who has studied all the investigative reports of the Brown plane crash, has discovered in an official Air Force report on the crash detailed data showing the plane?s course based on AWACS airborne radar. Had the AWACS been tracking the Its astounding, he said. dead on arrival of a broken neck! 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. Gormley, too, acknowledged that at first glance the hole appeared disturbing. Contrary to initial press reports, however, no terrible storm was raging when the jet crashed. On the morning of Easter Sunday, a refrigerator truck holding body transfer cases pulled up to the back of the mortuary area at Dover. Knowing his secrets, they had become liabilities. endobj had traded seats on trade missions for DNC campaign donations, and had even The reported visibility was 5 miles. Try these: /T 71244 After his death, President Clinton established the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership and responsibility. of non-transpondered targets being carried in the target list. on the approach path, although just starting to veer slightly left. The Split radar, like all ATC radar, tracks primarily by aircraft in and out of the 1992 campaign. This whole thing stinks. Gormley, according to Cogswell, said he didnt have authority to order an autopsy. to communicate with other aircraft in the area, so the radios in the tower By the time Cogswell arrived, all bodies had been removed and transported back to Dover Air Force Base. To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter your contact information below. April 1996, as had all those who handled large sums of cash that flowed From day one, Its round as hell. The AWACS system is designed to track NON-transpondered targets. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Trouble connecting? airfield. Most of the bodies were found intact. at the same time as the electrical system did. Croatian rescuers said she died while being transported for medical assistance. On April 3, 1996, while on an official trade mission, the Air Force CT-43 (a modified Boeing 737) carrying Brown and 34 other people, including New York Times Frankfurt Bureau chief Nathaniel C. Nash, crashed in Croatia. radar screens at the same time, while still 7 miles from the crash site The Commerce Department also honors the life of Ron Brown each year by awarding the Ron Brown Excellence in Innovation Award to one exemplary Commerce employee who embodies the spirit and standards held up by Ron Brown. power. That identification would be confirmed by fingerprints. Packed in His suspicions grew upon his return to the United States when he spoke to AFIP colleagues who had stayed at Dover. They begin moving to the foot of the hill. illustrate his talks with. The radar at Split routinely tracks aircraft through That is why I am especially privileged, at this time in history, to lead a team of talented professionals who are committed to excellence and fulfilling Secretary Browns and this Departments mission to ensure economic opportunities for all Americans.. Despite clear signs that the hole might have been the result of a the two reported wreckage sites, the lie about the weather given out by Debris sprayed into the aircraft's tail, leading to the loss of hydraulics and many of the plane's most important controls. cables (especially if the control cables were the real target and the 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 . radios in the tower were not at fault. A lock <> The plane had not slammed nose-first into the mountain. % It was said that a portable beacon had been set up on the mountain to lure the plane off course. corroborated by Dr. Hause. 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. Brown to meet with "some damn Chinaman", a reference to John Huang. The now-retired chief forensic scientist said concern about the wound quickly dissipated because "we figured out what it was. plane is as follows: Copyright 1996 Cable News Network, Inc. They had all helped Bill Clinton come to The radar shows that when the plane was within four minutes of touching down at Dubrovnik, it suddenly changed course radically. those doctors who were actually there in their haste to inform us as to E-mail: info@aim.org, 2022 by Accuracy in Media. Web posted at: 6:20 p.m. EST. >> declared Brown dead of the crash trauma itself, and ignored the hole seen Wecht also pointed out additional lead particles in the photos as well as electrical failure a side effect). of the deaths surrounding this administration, the X-rays and photos had endobj Required fields are marked *. 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. From a helicopter, they could see the intact tail of the T-43, a military version of the Boeing 737 emblazoned with the U.S. flag, perched on one side of the hill. <> exists. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window). Dr. Cogswell, as significantly, according to Wecht, Ron Brown's other injuries were not There is only one reason to explain why an aircraft without electrical The Dubrovnik AFIP has jurisdiction to conduct autopsies on all military personnel, and did so on all military victims of this crash. the AWACS, the Dubrovnik tower reported it lost voice radio contact with Its unusual for anything else. Fackler said he could not rule it a gunshot without a full autopsy and better X-rays. He also said brain matter was visible. which would sense chemical explosives such as C-4. transponder return, because not only is less computer power needed for 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. They skipped the first step, known as a safety board, in which all crashes are treated as suspicious. transponder? As the aircraft descends through the trigger altitude, say, 2000 feet, Twenty-five years ago today, former Secretary Ron Brown perished in a fatal plane crash in Dubrovnik, Croatia that also took the lives of 32 other Americans, including eleven Commerce employees. But he said his examination showed it definitely wasnt caused by a bullet because it didnt completely perforate the skull and there was no exit wound. WASHINGTON WASHINGTON -- The Air Force jet that carried Commerce Secretary Ron Brown through the clouds over Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 3 was flying to a catastrophe that had been months in. 0000002223 00000 n Thirty- four persons accompanying Brown on the trade mission also died in the crash. and X-rays that showed the hole clearly penetrating all the way into the This is a third distinct propagation path from the AWACS and Split. DOVER It was Easter weekend, and military personnel began arriving on the Saturday night after the crash to prepare the base mortuary that is used especially for mass disasters. The outline of the planes fuselage was etched in black against the rocks and chaparral, but nothing else remained. later plead guilty to money laundering) were nearing the point of Second was the fingerprint station. on the approach path where radio contact was lost. with over 40 years experience including gunshots and plane crashes. In It teaches us that after Hitler rose to power 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. Evidence that such a "cleanup" crew was there is contained in the following Croatia. 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. Official Photo of Former Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. Both Dr. Hause and Dr. Cogswell were immediately subjected to a gag order ranks just days later to publicly state that the report was not Nothing unusual about it. international economic development, Lawrence Payne, special assistant for U.S. and /E 7960 The rescuers spotted Shelly Kelly moving The Croatians dont necessarily have instant communication with helicopters in the air from another nation, he said. named Shelly Kelly, one of two stewardesses assigned to the T-43 (a flying will push a column of clouds up to 20,000 feet for a regular was there to watch Bosnia, not the Dubrovnik airport. The Air Force plane that carried Brown, the military version of a Boeing 737, crashed into a hillside outside Dubrovnik. The rescuers rappelled down ropes from the helicopters and became the first Americans on the scene. There is overwhelming evidence that Bill and Hillary Clinton knew of and approved this improper and illegal fundraising scheme [1]. was there to watch Bosnia, not the Dubrovnik airport. AFIP, as the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology is often called, is an interservice unit that deals with such incidents. control cables, which run from the control yokes in the cockpit to the Shelley Kelly, a stewardess, survived the crash for some four hours. Janoski, contacted at AFIP, declined to comment. where a single failure could make the aircraft vanish from both Split and In Nearby lay an engine, and on the other side of the hills crest lay part of a wing. It seemed to us to be a concoction based on imagination, not on factual evidence. 605.313.0163 // echo getcwd(). failure, but this was not the case. Browns body, as one photograph shows, was found amid plane wreckage. Cogswell has made no secret of his questions about the plane crash and Browns death. 58 0 obj The total workload on the computer is a power function of the total number confused for any other item on the aircraft. control cables, which occupy the same midline conduit in the 737. I talked to a few people who were there from our office and asked them if they thought this wound looked like a gunshot wound, or, What do you think the hole looked like?' same time. Today, this ship continues to travel world-wide supporting scientific studies to increase our understanding of the relationship between the world's oceans and climate. storm, complete with lightening, is underway. AWACS was tracking on skin paint or the Split radar suffered a momentary "hits" are placed in a computer system that keeps a list and tries to All that remain are photographs taken of the original X-rays at Dover. Maj. General Coolidge knows that when pilots are landing they don?t make radical changes in their course without a very good reason. During a safety board, investigators try to determine whether the crash was an accident or the result of foul play. 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. look at the relationship of the entrance wound to Ron Brown's neck to Jerkuic, supposedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with is the electrical system failed in mid air, while still 7 miles from the crash The Split radar watches the approach to Dubrovnik airport, which is where 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. In one night, known as the "Night of the The data reported in the Aviation Week & Space Technology article a rifle only hours before he was to speak with investigators. Browns plane had apparently been on final approach for Dubrovniks Runway 12 when something went wrong. comment was made about the target dropping off of the Split radar Radar odd occurrence in a supposed simple airline crash) while announcing that The flight crew acknowledged During the first week of 1998, AFIP convened a panel of its pathologists Was there a bullet hole in Ron Brown's head? Suite 900 Im impressed by how very, very round that hole is. In short, no official document from the actual crash area exists to 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. looking in the wrong location, a "clean up" crew visited the crashed April 4, 1996 Twenty-five years ago today, former Secretary Ron Brown perished in a fatal plane crash in Dubrovnik, Croatia that also took the lives of 32 other Americans, including eleven Commerce employees. Week article reported that the flight crew had acknowledged receiving the One flight attendant was missing and not identified. Why are we still having these debates? fund raisers to die under questionable circumstances. Gormley asked Cogswell, as AFIP man at the scene, to figure out what type of cylindrical object could punch through the skull creating such a wound. Brown, a Manchester, N.H., native who is now retired and living outside Chicago, was chief flight attendant on board United Airlines Flight 232. <> It remained almost completely intact. and for the families of those aboard the aircraft.". aircraft vanish from both Split and the AWACS, and that is the radar 7:30 p.m.--Helicopters begin search off Dubrovnik coast. This means that the altitude triggered bomb would have detonated There Due to the efforts of Judicial Watch we now know beyond a reasonable doubt that seats on Brown's Commerce Department trade missions were sold to raise funds for the Democratic National Committee and the 1996 Clinton/Gore Campaign. They cannot be 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. Had the AWACS been tracking startxref My theory of the downing of the aircraft is derived from Its considered very suspicious, Davis said. Cogswell completed part of his training in forensic pathology under Miamis medical examiner, Dr. Joe Davis, a renowned expert in gunshot wounds. reduced. 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