737 crashed using 'primitive' navigation aid

1996-04-17T00:00:00

THE US AIR FORCE Boeing T-43A (737-200) which crashed on 3 April on approach to Dubrovnik, killing US Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, was using a single, relatively primitive non-precision navigation aid in weather which was significantly worse than forecast, the USAF has revealed (Flight International, 10-16 April).

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