DUBROVNIK, April 5 (Hina) - Stanko Misetic, air traffic inspector
of the Croatian Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and
Communications, told a press conference in Dubrovnik on Friday that
all the details of Wednesday's US Air Force plane crash were not
yet known and that the investigation was continuing.
Misetic said that it was still not clear why the plane changed
course, adding that it was the first accident to have taken place
in the vicinity of Dubrovnik airport. He stressed that the airport
met all international civilian aviation standards.
Pathologist Simun Andjelinovic said that two Croatian
citizens, press photographer Niksa Antonini and interpreter Dragica
Lendic-Bebek, had been indentified among 35 passengers who had been
killed in the crash.
Some of the victims would be impossible to identify so that
their families would have to be contacted in the second stage of
the identification. The third stage of the identification would be
conducted in the United States or some other location chosen by the
US Army, Andjelinovic said.
Also present at the press conference was US Army spokesman
Col. Mark Brzozowski who said that the exact time of the transfer
of mortal remains to the US would be made public later on Friday.
Dubrovnik County prefect Jure Buric offered his condolences
to the families of the victims.
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