in Dubrovnik, Croatia while on an official trade mission. All 5 crew and 30 passengers died, including U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and The New York Times Frankfurt Bureau chief Nathaniel C. Nash. June 9, 1996 – Eastwind Airlines Flight 517, a 737-200 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Trenton-Mercer Airport in Trenton, New Jersey and Richmond International Airport in Richmond, Virginia, experienced a loss of rudder control but the crew were able to land the aircraft successfully. There were no fatalities among the 48 passengers and 4 crew members but one flight attendant suffered minor injuries. February 14, 1997 – Varig 737-200, registration PP-CJO operating Flight 265, flying from Marabá to Carajás Airport, veered off the right side of the runway at Carajás during a thunderstorm after its right main landing gear collapsed rearwards. The aircraft ended up in a wooded area, one crew member died. May 5, 1998 – Occidental Petroleum 737-200 (FAP-351) leased from the Peruvian Air Force, operating a charter flight from Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport in Iquitos, Peru, crashed in rainy weather whilst on approach to Alférez FAP Alfredo Vladimir Sara Bauer Airport in Andoas, Peru. There were 75 fatalities, only eleven passengers and two crew members survived. May 10, 1999 – a Mexican Air Force 737-200 was on a training flight when it overran the runway while making an emergency landing at Loma Bonita Air Base, Mexico. The nose gear collapsed. Grass near the aircraft caught fire causing it to burn out. There were no fatalities. August 31, 1999 – LAPA Flight 3142, a 737-200, crashed while attempting to take off with an incorrect wing flaps configuration from the Jorge Newbery Airport in Buenos Aires en route to Córdoba, Argentina. The crash resulted in 65 fatalities. 2000s April 19, 2000 – Air Philippines Flight 541, a 737-200 flying from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila crashed on approach to Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City, Philippines. All 124 passengers and 7 crew members on board died. December 26, 2002 – TAAG Angola Airlines 737-200 registration D2-TDB and operating Flight 572 that had departed from Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport bound for Luanda, was involved in a mid-air collision over Namibian airspace with a Cessna 404 propeller-driven light aircraft registration V5-WAA, that had taken off from Windhoek Eros Airport in Namibia. Out of the 46 passengers and crew on