A 1996 plane crash in Croatia claimed the life of a U.S. Cabinet member
A high-level trade mission ended in tragedy when a U.S. Air Force plane crashed into a Croatian mountainside, claiming the life of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and thirty-four others.
On a rainy afternoon in 1996, a Boeing T-43 carrying U.S. officials and corporate executives crashed during a difficult approach to Dubrovnik Airport. The disaster killed everyone on board, including Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, who was leading a mission to help rebuild the war-torn Balkans.
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