On 3 April 1996, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43A (Flight IFO-21) crashed on approach to Dubrovnik, Croatia, while on an official trade mission.

An Air Force technical sergeant, Shelly Kelly, was the stewardess and the only passenger who survived the initial impact; she died en route to a hospital.

[5] Chief among the findings was a "failure of command, aircrew error and an improperly designed instrument approach procedure".

Technical Sergeant Shelly Ann Kelly, who survived the initial accident, died later that night while being transported to hospital.

Gen. William E. Stevens, vice-commander Col. Roger W. Hansen, and the commander of the 86th Operations Group, Col. John E. Mazurowski, were all relieved of their posts.

[8] American military aircraft are no longer allowed to fly into airports without explicit approval from the United States Department of Defense, not even for high-ranking diplomatic missions.

Hikers can reach the peak via the "Ronald Brown Path", which is named in commemoration of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce who died in the crash.

[14] The head of navigation at Dubrovnik Airport, Niko Jerkuić, was found dead three days after the accident with a bullet wound to his chest.

[15] The crash of IFO-21 was covered in "Fog of War", an episode from the fourth season (2007) of the internationally syndicated Canadian TV documentary series Mayday.