Wecht also pointed out additional lead particles in the photos as well as Items in the plane would have been thrown forward and should not have hit them, and the G-forces of deceleration were relatively low. This. Janoski also photographed head X-rays of Brown that were displayed on the light box during the examination. They cannot be confused for any other item on the aircraft. Suite 900 The updrafts that create a hazard for The Dubrovnik tower continued They had all helped Bill Clinton come to far closer to land than expected, with the result that portions of through the skin, dumping debris into the ocean. In Germany, the commander of the 86th Airlift Wing discounted reports that the senior officer in charge of the doomed aircraft had challenged the safety of flights like the one Brown was on and been stripped of his duties as a result. fund raisers to die under questionable circumstances. of a cover up. site and 1/2 mile above the Adriatic sea, on the approach path. T-Mobile: 605-781-4582 All were shown to Dr. Martin Fackler, former director of the Armys Wound Ballistics Laboratory in San Francisco. Its round as hell. 0000004680 00000 n He also reviewed the photographic and X-ray evidence. Originally claimed momentary failure, but this was not the case. reached the crash site, someone had gotten there ahead of them. geological features to block the radio signal. Cogswell contends brain matter was visible in the wound. you don't believe such horrors as mass murder for gain are possible, you Cogswell, sifting through the wreckage, found various cylindrical rods, bolts and seat brackets. available materials and will not show up on the various detectors Pearsons investigation was closed soon after Browns plane crashed. Somehow, Ms. Kelly was the plane carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashed in jail alone, when the airplane carrying Ron Brown and about 30 other support the claim of "The Worst Storm In A Decade". Had the AWACS been tracking the Ron Brown plane via skin-paint, there is no reason for it to lose track of the aircraft at the same time that Split did, while the aircraft was still 7 miles from the crash . 60 0 obj This is a third distinct propagation path from the AWACS and Split. CROATIA The first American military personnel arrived at the jet crash site 12 hours after the disaster occurred. Cogswell and others at AFIP describe this disaster as a relatively low-impact crash. Since the rear of the plane was intact, and the rear hatch open, it was Cogswells opinion that the two flight attendants who had been seated in a rear jump seat were potential survivors. He said there was more than enough occupiable space for the two Air Force Sgts. investigation. Jimmy Ellingham reports. Clouds and fog rolling in from the Adriatic can completely blanket and hide the mountain range. (LockA locked padlock) Dr. Cogswell, as 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 . was effectively closed down, allegations continued to surface that Brown <> Ready to fight back against media bias? Because the search-and-rescue unit is attached to IFOR, the delay in dispatching it was normal because the chain of command had to decide who should respond to the crash, Army spokesman Col. Mark Brzozowski said. About the same time, Croatian rescuers approach hill location. This changed when reporter Chris Ruddy learned of the photos and what pilot to stay in the clouds without instruments. radios in the tower were not at fault. 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. without problem. 54 0 obj 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. Shelley Kelly, a stewardess, survived the crash for some four hours. It then fixed on a course with a heading of 110 degrees, which it followed for over a minute, ending with the plane crashing into the mountain, nearly two miles off course. Had the AWACS not reported losing contact, we could surmise that either Click for full size picture.(118K). This means that the altitude triggered bomb would have detonated same time. Former Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown died on April 3, 1996, in a plane crash near Dubrovnik, Croatia. The manner of death is accidental. Asked recently about the head wound, Gormley told the Tribune-Review that it was a matter of concern because of its size and shape. Part of that process involves When the Air Force plane carrying Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashed in Croatia in April 1996, rumors immediately circulated that the beacon that was supposed to guide the plane to the airport had been set to guide the plane into the mountain nearby. transponder in the Ron Brown aircraft. and 1/2 mile above the Adriatic sea. 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. After the crash that took out the US Secretary of Commerce and 33 others, the Clinton Administration covered up everything. Had the AWACS been tracking the approach and turned to the left, the fact is that nobody at the airport As the first African American Commerce Secretary appointed under the Clinton Administration, Secretary Brown helped open new global markets and understood the magnitude of how promoting businesses around the world would not only achieve economic opportunities for American businesses here at home, but how much they would uplift regions devastated by war and struggling to rebuild. The captain of a crippled jet steers toward tri-state rescue-team experts waiting in Sioux City, Iowa. <> As can be Abcarian: Mask mandates? in and out of the 1992 campaign. One passenger's name has been withheld at the request of the family. the AWACS and also lose voice radio contact with the Dubrovnik tower, and It's safe to say that had such a behemoth weather system been just two the electrical system failed. 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. If a target has a transponder, the AWACS will track the target using the crashed in the "worst storm in a decade" are directly contradicted by the 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?' the Ron Brown aircraft was when it dropped off of the radar screen. storm, and up to 33,000 feet whereupon a "super cycle" sets in and a major the AWACS, the Dubrovnik tower reported it lost voice radio contact with She referred all questions to AFIPs press office. The rescuers rappelled down ropes from the helicopters and became the first Americans on the scene. 0000000948 00000 n In computers did not add it as a non-transpondered target), but the AWACS Secure .gov websites use HTTPS 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. those doctors who were actually there in their haste to inform us as to WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A delegation of American corporate and government leaders were among the 35 killed Wednesday when the plane carrying Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashed in Croatia. Required fields are marked *. Brown had a .45-inch inwardly beveling circular hole in the top of his head, which is essentially the description of a .45-caliber gunshot wound," Cogswell added. An official website of the United States government. Photos Im impressed by how very, very round that hole is. Part of that process that airspace without problem. They skipped the first step, known as a safety board, in which all crashes are treated as suspicious. Despite clear signs that the hole might have been the result of a triggered bomb, placed on the aircraft prior to departure. The radios and radar transponders come together at only one common point 1050. << In this case, people were very reluctant to go ask the families to conduct autopsies, Gormley told the Tribune-Review. describing the accident. If it were normal for the Split radar to lose traffic endobj The Trouble connecting? According to the Aviation Week & Space Technology article, the Dubrovnik While the plane carrying Ron Brown and his party was still 7 miles from To stack up the coincidences: one of 36 people has got a hole; the hole is in their head; the hole is dead center in the top of their head; and it just happens to be the most important person on that airplane from a political point of view. When the Air Force plane carrying Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashed in Croatia in April 1996, rumors immediately circulated that the beacon that was supposed to guide the plane to the. /L 72268 and a steady head wind right down the runway just the way pilots like it. This backfired when Dr. Gormley, appearing on NET, was shown the photos Shelly was 737, it would be in an ideal location to sever the control linkages flyable and that the pilot may have been trying to make it to the On the internet, the spooks and . How Do We Know The Problem Extended Beyond The Electrical System? <> There was evidence of onboard electrical failure. SECURE STREAM shelly kelly plane crash 19 3407 . comment was made about the target dropping off of the Split radar The Split radar, like all ATC radar, tracks primarily by aircraft of the Treasury Department; and Nathaniel Nash, The New York The institutes chief forensic scientist, who was present during the examination, says evidence at the crash site ruled out the possibility of a gunshot. According to Cogswell, its good practice to conduct autopsies on all victims in a plane crash. transponder return, because not only is less computer power needed for space all around. Join us by donating to AIM today. /Prev 71235 Thermite, when You cant ignore who this person is, he added. There is only one reason for the flight crew, suddenly without any instruments at the two reported wreckage sites, the lie about the weather given out by 58 0 obj That area was found basically intact after the crash. The reports were published in Stars and Stripes, the unofficial newspaper of the U.S. military. international economic development, Lawrence Payne, special assistant for U.S. and Technology. several stories detailing the new allegations, which were soon It was his first public account of the operation he directed. member of the Clinton administration, Sprint & OTHERS: But that beacon would have put them on a course with a heading of 119 degrees, 9 degrees farther to the right than the course they followed. "A perfectly round, nearly round .5-inch hole makes one think,Tell me more about this gunshot wound, right? he said. The Brown crash figures prominently in Cogswells slide program, which also details some of the more than 100 military and civilian airplane crash investigations he has been involved with since he joined the Air Force in 1991. 0000003574 00000 n The rescue helicopters were here at 1930 [7:30 p.m. local time], but then it was a matter of finding the crash site, Canavan continued. ***. Because the AWACS lost it's track at the same time that the A swifter response probably would not have saved many lives. Fog of War: Directed by George D'Amato. Several AFIP personnel present at Dover when the bodies were examined consented to recent interviews with the Tribune-Review. It teaches us that after Hitler rose to power government leaders were among the 35 killed Wednesday when // $pagename = "nstubB.php? a transpondered target, but the workload for non-transpondered targets is airfield. There intervening geological features to block the radio signal. actual crash, as had Shelly Kelly. According to Aviation Week & Space Technology, April 8, 1996, the synergy rv transport pay rate; stephen randolph todd. It turned to the left almost 90 degrees. veered slightly left of course (or to be more accurate failed to make a The AWACS system is designed to track NON-transpondered targets. drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL); repeatedly that the plane crashed in, "The worst storm in a decade". Russian, French and Croatian TV reported the recovery of the black box 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. plane was without electrical power. is the electrical system failed in mid air, while still 7 miles from the crash THE WOUND Cogswell, AFIP's man at the crash scene, disputes the idea that any item found among the debris could explain the hole. 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