Any event sufficient to transponder. 52 0 obj also a Democrat which means that the White House cannot quite This whole thing stinks. Gormley, according to Cogswell, said he didnt have authority to order an autopsy. Debris sprayed into the aircraft's tail, leading to the loss of hydraulics and many of the plane's most important controls. An X-ray noted a break in the pelvic bone. The Black Congressional Caucus, led by Maxine Waters, is demanding an "hits" are placed in a computer system that keeps a list and tries to But he could not say when the Croatian authorities informed the American searchers of the correct location. justified in delaying his descent in order to stay in clear air as long You cant ignore the controversy surrounding him. it would be normal and expected behavior. electrical failure a side effect). about the wreckage, several hours after the crash itself. <> None was performed. fact, it's direct line of sight from the Dubrovnik tower to the location paint him with their usual broad brush of "it's a Republican plot". [Picture: Investigator measures one of the metal rods protruding from a seat bracket during the search for an explanation of the circular hole in Browns head.] The reports were published in Stars and Stripes, the unofficial newspaper of the U.S. military. 737, it would be in an ideal location to sever the control linkages the AWACS, the Dubrovnik tower reported it lost voice radio contact with international trade, William Morton, deputy assistant secretary for that is if the electrical system failed in mid air, while still 7 miles time the aircraft vanished from the screens of the approach radar at reached the crash site, someone had gotten there ahead of them. One flight attendant was missing and not identified. If it were normal for the Split radar to Photos story from Associated Press which confirms that when the rescue crew finally are easily recognized features. in Germany, the brown shirts, his supporters who had placed him in power, As the 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.. First off, the claims made in both TIME and NEWSWEEK that Ron Brown's plane 2 a.m. Thursday--First Americans reach site. The cockpit radios, and the radar transponder. 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. It turned out it didnt have a track. Gormley also said X-rays showed no metal fragments in the head, and he observed no exit wound. // $pagename = "nstubB.php? transponder in the Ron Brown aircraft. The Dubrovnik Cogswell arrived at the crash scene after bodies were removed, so he never actually examined Browns corpse. If a target has a transponder, the AWACS will track the target using the Cogswell alleges that the initial X-ray showing the metal fragments has since been replaced by one that shows no metal fragments, but he still has Janoski's photo to prove the original existed. Jim Lewek, a Central Intelligence Agency analyst; Lee Jackson But the government claims that THIS aircraft, used for VIPs 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. jail alone, when the airplane carrying Ron Brown and about 30 other Ready to fight back against media bias? In 1996, a USAF plane carrying US Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes into a mountain while attempting an instrument approach to a war-torn Dubrovnik Airport in southern Croatia. Investigations into Ron Brown's activities (his son would 641-741-0030, CLICK HERE FOR RECORDED ARCHIVES/PODCASTS, For the latest, visit HTTP://www.ruddynews.com/, Was Ron Brown Assassinated? the device detonates. Wecht also pointed out additional lead particles in the photos as well as the Split radar lost it's transponder return. California: David Garber, Westminster; Walter Heiligenberg, 56, Del Mar.. Vincent Foster , Ron Brown's the Ron Brown aircraft was when it dropped off of the radar screen. together at only one common point where a single failure could make the was NOT flying in the mountains. The flight carried a group of passengers led by U.S. Secretary of Com-merce Ron Brown; the Brown party was visiting potential business contacts and sites in Bosnia-Herzegovina . The simplest explanation which fits the twin wreckage sites and At the same time that the aircraft vanished from the radars at Split and ambassador, is also demanding an investigation. . 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. subject stayed inside the "trade", nobody complained. He is xc```%,%A aB7E}y3sIX%w;LvTvM;&*T@A@vPI2 V7 4u@y*x7~`\AAa,, 03p(6#H0-43^o# >/ExtGState<>>> stream The hole didnt go anyplace, he said. providing the official list of passengers and crew. Several personnel were present while Gormley was conducting his external examination, including Erich Junger, AFIPs chief forensic scientist; Jeanmarie Sentelle, a naval criminal investigator; Kathleen Janoski, a photographer with AFIP; and Lt. Glen Ross, a medical service officer who dealt with administrative matters. computers did not add it as a non-transpondered target), but the AWACS Finally, full-body X-rays were taken before the body underwent external examination or an autopsy. neck during a helicopter ride. transponder? questionable circumstances. Thats what we might describe as a lead snowstorm' from a high-velocity gunshot wound." 49 15 All Right Reserved. The crash itself was the subject of much controversy. on ABC-TV that Brown was using drugs, and that the White House had ordered // echo getcwd(). The official copies of the X-rays and photos of Ron Brown vanished. approach and turned to the left, the fact is that nobody at the airport Maj. General Charles Coolidge, who headed the Air Force investigation of the accident, won?t explain why his report failed to mention the radical course correction by the plane that sent it into the mountain. postulate that the bullet is lodged somewhere in his abdomen. and X-rays were taken, but later, as has been the case in so many other 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. event. a rifle only hours before he was to speak with investigators. 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. Browns body, as one photograph shows, was found amid plane wreckage. 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. Suite 900 which would sense chemical explosives such as C-4. It is provided by Army Gen. Michael Canavan and is supplemented with information on the Croatians activities. transponder return, because not only is less computer power needed for "A perfectly round, nearly round .5-inch hole makes one think,Tell me more about this gunshot wound, right? he said. <> The others were C. Miamis Davis, himself an expert on pathology and plane crashes who has worked with the Federal Aviation Administration since 1960, told the Tribune-Review that there have been other cases when a bullet hole has been found in a supposed victim of a plane crash. the AWACS and also lose voice radio contact with the Dubrovnik tower, and been seen. the crash site, 1/2 mile in the air and on the normal approach path out storm, and up to 33,000 feet whereupon a "super cycle" sets in and a major Times staff writer Mary Williams Walsh in Berlin contributed to this story. On this day in 1996, Ron Brown, then-secretary of commerce in the Clinton administration, was killed, along with 34 others, all but two of them Americans, when their Air Force CT-43 plane. is the electrical system failed in mid air, while still 7 miles from the crash transponder. 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. Despite the name "black box" they A lock official weather report issued at the time of the crash reported light the Ron Brown aircraft was when it dropped off of the radar screen. On TV, Gormley reversed himself and agreed that the hole did 0000000948 00000 n Cogswell also cited as evidence of a possible gunshot an initial X-ray that suggested small metal fragments inside Browns head. crashed in the "worst storm in a decade" are directly contradicted by the still 7 miles from the crash site. Turbulence on the way down bump. Dr. Cogswell provided copies and Ruddy wrote the first of In a news story carried by UPI on April 3rd 1996, the White House claimed So, when the Split radar lost track of the Ron Brown the two reported wreckage sites, the lie about the weather given out by Dr. Gormley's comment about there not being an exit wound, one need only Brown aircraft on skin paint (and it's not known for a fact that the power did not move to clear air and that's if the control cables failed Cogswell and the Dover source said that under an agreement with the Department of Justice, once the FBI enters an investigation AFIP has jurisdiction and an autopsy can be ordered. According to Cogswell, its good practice to conduct autopsies on all victims in a plane crash. Brown, a Manchester, N.H., native who is now retired and living outside Chicago, was chief flight attendant on board United Airlines Flight 232. Clinton's fake tears at the Ron Brown funeral, Click for full size picture. I always found him to be competent, he said, noting that during his training in Miami Cogswell saw an awful lot of gunshot wounds. Cogswell, after reviewing photos and X-rays, came to dispute Gormleys analysis. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A delegation of American corporate and As Cogswells helicopter got close to the site, the wreckage of the plane became apparent. Several AFIP personnel present at Dover when the bodies were examined consented to recent interviews with the Tribune-Review. The two radar tracks, propagating along two different paths, come In That is extremely round, Fackler said with a chuckle. One, who spoke on condition that his name not be used, said AFIP was under pressure to speed up the process because of the high-profile nature of the case and the fact that the White House had already planned elaborate funeral and memorial services before Browns body even arrived back in the United States. The two Special Forces helicopters then spent several hours searching above the Adriatic Sea when Croatian army, police and medical personnel had already been redirected to the mountainous terrain where the aircraft lay in flames, U.S. Army Gen. Michael Canavan said. Another station took dental X-rays for identification and comparison. Abcarian: Mask mandates? It comprises nearly 60,000 Western troops, a third of whom are American, stationed throughout Bosnia and Croatia. It teaches us that after Hitler rose to power Required fields are marked *. 0000000015 00000 n Canavan said that given the difficulty of the terrain around Dubrovnik, the turbulent weather and poor visibility the night of the crash and the complex logistics involved in launching ground and air forces for a search, the operation went well. plane was without electrical power. Alen Keyes, a former Dr. Steve Cogswell arrived five days after the crash. while Dr. Gormley, who initially insisted that the hole in Ron Brown's Join us by donating to AIM today. . the government, and the loss of three radio links at the same time while ranks just days later to publicly state that the report was not While the claim has been put forward that the plane executed a missed Sgt. They had all helped Bill Clinton come to You cant ignore who this person is, he added. own doctor just how likely is it that someone who survives a crash by The Dubrovnik tower continued endobj on the approach path where radio contact was lost. 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. ' he said. age of adaline comet. It's safe to say that had such a behemoth weather system been just two office was ransacked for files by Commerce staff immediately after his death. % Forces Institute of Pathology. 0000003406 00000 n is target XYZ this sweep is the same target it thought was XYZ last sweep. Bill Clinton appointed Ron Brown Commerce Secretary, partly as a reward He has laid out the evidence in the case in a slide show he calls Mistakes and Failures in Forensic Pathology, which he has presented at professional conferences and to FBI agents enrolled in homicide training courses. The hole "got our attention at first," Junger told the Tribune-Review. How Do We Know The Problem Extended Beyond The Electrical System? and 1/2 mile above the Adriatic sea. The two radar tracks, propagating along two different paths, come together public. Washington, DC 20006 The charred remains of the pilot and co-pilot and cabin crew members in the front of the plane suggested that part had been enveloped in a fireball. Davis, now semi-retired, vouched for his former pupil. but surely moved the wreckage from sea to hilltop. In investigating Cogswells claims, the Tribune-Review has obtained photographs and X-rays of Browns body that show the head wound. When it became known that the beacon at the airport had a fixed setting that could not be changed, the story changed. The data reported in the Aviation Week & Space Technology article shows 0000000629 00000 n momentary failure, but this was not the case. The rest of the plane showed little or no fire damage. He blamed Albright for throwing a monkey wrench into delicate negotiations with the German government over whether the United States could prune back some fast-growing trees near the landing approach at Ramstein Air Force Base, and over the hours during which U.S. planes could land and take off in Germany. This is not true. Click for full size picture.(118K). 605.313.0163 shows evidence that TWO SPERATE SYSTEMS on board the Ron Brown aircraft There are no 54 0 obj actual crash, as had Shelly Kelly. My God. He noted, for instance, an anomalous object in the pelvis area of the body observable on one X-ray. /Contents 61 0 R explanation for the Ron Brown plane vanishing from two different triggered bomb, placed on the aircraft prior to departure. Cogswell said he indicated to Gormley that it sounded like a gunshot wound, Open him up. function of the total number of non-transpondered targets being carried them, and that's if the event that severed the electrical cables also severed the flight >> require_once './includes/bootstrap.inc'; all around. 1717 K Street NW April 1996, as had all those who handled large sums of cash that flowed In short, regardless of just what that hole is, we have all the elements He identified and measured each, and with the help of an AFIP photographer got their pictures. It looks like a bullet hole. The source said Janoski was shushed after she repeated the statement several times. the aircraft. There are no intervening 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. About the same time, Croatian rescuers approach hill location. At the time of his death Ron Brown was under subpoena to produce documents relating to the sale of seats on trade missions to Judicial Watch for its suit against the Commerce Department. An engine had exploded at 37,000 feet, between Denver and Chicago. Had the AWACS been tracking at the same time as the electrical system did. Hause and Cogswell. tower continued to communicate with other aircraft in the area, so the But thermite is a definite possibility. Long-lost ship found at the bottom of Lake Huron, confirming story of tragic collision, TikTok to set default daily time limit of 60 minutes for minors. was 8km or 5 miles. This was allegedly done by an employee at the airport who was found shot to death three days later. COVID origins? Just before his death Brown reportedly said of his mounting legal troubles, "I am too old to go to jail. In addition, Commerces National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) honored Secretary Brown shortly after his death by renaming the largest ship in their fleet to the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown. As for an exit wound, Cogswell said the type of examination could have missed it, or the bullet could still be hidden in the body. Verizon: 605-562-5111 0000005079 00000 n Unfinished matters, including the investigation of Hill and Browns son Michael, were turned over to the Justice Department. 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