More Facing Discipline in Brown Crash

WASHINGTON — The Air Force said Monday it will punish additional military officers in connection with the April 3 plane crash in Croatia that killed Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown and 34 other people.

The numbers and identities of the officers were not announced. Officials said the punishments did not involve criminal charges, although they could range from courts-martial to letters of reprimand. It would be the second round of disciplinary action involving the crash, which was blamed on a combination of mistakes, including questionable pilot judgment and inadequate navigational aids.

A brigadier general and two colonels responsible for the plane were earlier relieved of duty after the crash of the Air Force T-43 passenger jet into a mountain as it attempted to land in rain and fog at Dubrovnik on a trade mission by Brown and U.S. business executives.