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Chronology
of
tragic
event
in
which
President
Trajkovski
was
killed
Macedonian
Information
Agency
(Feb
27,
2004) (MIA) SKOPJE
-
King
Air
plane,
property
of
the
Macedonian
Government
Thursday
took
off
to
Mostar.
Boris
Trajkovski,
the
President
of
the
Republic
of
Macedonia,
Dimka
Ilkovska
-
Boskovic,
adviser
of
the
President
for
the
public
relations,
Risto
Blazevski,
advisor
of
the
President,
Anita
Lozanovska,
advisor
of
the
President,
Mile
Krstevski,
Ministry
of
Foreign
Affairs,
Boris
Velinov,
security,
Ace
Bozinovski,
security,
Marko
Markovski,
pilot,
and
Branko
Ivanovski
-
pilot
were
on
board
the
plane.
A
chronology
of
the
flight,
the
accident
and
all
events
connected
with
the
tragic
death
of
Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski,
delegation's
members
and
flight
crew
members
follows.
February
26
06:48
- King
Air
takes
off
from
Skopje
Airport
to
Mostar
en
route
of
the
Area
Controls
-
Skopje
-
Albania
-
Serbia
and
Montenegro
-
Bosnia.
08:01
- SFOR
Air
Traffic
Control
(ATC)
loses
the
plane
from
the
radar
control
in
the
region
of
Stolac,
some
30
kilometres
south
of
Mostar.
Air
Traffic
controllers
of
SFOR
French
contingent
executed
the
duties
at
that
moment.
08:15
- SFOR
ATC
informs
the
Civil
Aviation
Administration
(CAA)
of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina
that
the
radio
contact
with
Macedonian
Government's
plane
carrying
Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski
is
lost,
The
Chairman
of
the
Presidency
of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina,
Dragan
Covic
reported.
11:00
- The
Chairman
of
the
Presidency
of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina,
Dragan
Covic,
confirms
that
the
plane
of
the
Macedonian
delegation
crashed
at
Stolac
near
Mostar.
11:30
- The
spokesman
of
the
Interior
Ministry
of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina,
Nedzad
Vejzagic,
informed
that
the
rescuing
teams
found
the
place
where
the
plane
crashed
and
that
nobody
survived.
11:40
- A
representative
of
Bosnian
authority
informed
that
rescuing
teams
found
the
plane's
remains
in
the
region
of
Bitunje
village,
Berkovici
municipality.
13:30
- The
Chairman
of
the
Presidency
of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina,
Dragan
Covic,
informed
that
CAA
established
an
investigating
team
to
investigate
all
circumstances.
He
added
that
the
Council
of
Ministers
of
BIH
sent
Security
Minister
Barisa
Colak
and
Foreign
Minister
Mladen
Ivanic
at
the
place
of
accident.
16:00
- SFOR
Search
and
Rescue
teams
and
teams
of
Bosnian
Government
that
searched
after
the
remains
of
Macedonian
President
Trajkovski's
plane,
stopped
the
investigation
on
that
location
and
found
nothing.
The
investigation
continued
on
other
locations
of
the
Mountain
Vrsnik.
16:30
- The
spokesman
of
the
Macedonian
President's
cabinet,
Andrej
Lepavcov
stated
that
there
was
no
official
report
on
the
fate
of
President
Trajkovski
and
his
associates,
who
traveled
with
him.
16:45
- Macedonian
delegation
led
by
Prime
Minister
Branko
Crvenkovski
arrived
at
Skopje
airport
from
Dublin,
where
Macedonia's
application
for
EU
membership
should
have
been
submitted.
17:00
- SFOR
spokesman
David
Sullivan
denied
that
the
location
of
the
crushed
plane
was
found.
Minister
Barisa
Colak
and
Foreign
Minister
Mladen
Ivanic
also
stated
that
the
location
of
the
crashed
plane
was
not
found.
17:00
- The
Constitutional
Court
has
not
received
until
now
any
official
report
on
President
Boris
Trajkovski's
fate,
President
of
the
Constitutional
Court
Liljana
Ingilizova
-
Ristova
stated.
17:30
- Macedonian
Government
held
an
exceptional
session.
19:30
- Session
of
the
Security
Council
of
the
Republic
of
Macedonia.
20:30
- The
search
after
President
Boris
Trajkovski's
plane
is
cancelled
due
to
bad
weather
conditions.
February
27
07:00
-
SFOR
troops
with
helicopters
continue
the
search
after
President
Trajkovski's
plane.
Team
of
Macedonian
Special
governmental
body
headed
for
the
place
of
accident.
08:00
- A
rescuing
helicopter
unit
located
the
place
where
Macedonian
plane
crashed,
Search
and
Rescue
team
of
the
Civil
Aviation
Administration
(CAA)
of
Bosnia
snd
Herzegovina
informed.
10:00
- Macedonian
Minister
of
Justice
informed
that
at
10:15
a.m.
the
first
helicopter
of
the
Bosnian
authorities,
led
by
Deputy
Public
Prosecutor
Medzida
Kres,
headed
for
the
place
together
with
a
technician.
10:30
- SFOR
official
representatives
and
Bosnian
police
informed
Macedonian
President's
cabinet
on
the
location
of
the
crashed
plane.
11:00
- Two
bodies
and
the
plane's
tail
were
found
in
the
region
of
Rotimlja,
some
20
kilometers
of
Mostar,
Bosnian
official
investigation
representative
Ismet
Jamakosmanovic
stated.
11:30
- The
plane
carrying
Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski
crashed
at
524
peak
elevation
near
the
village
of
Huskovici,
15
kilometers
far
from
Mostar,
Bosnian
media
informed.
12:00
- Macedonian
President
Boris
Trajkovski's
body
and
eight
other
bodies
were
found
by
the
rescuing
teams
of
Bosnia
and
Herzegovina,
SFOR
and
Macedonian
representatives,"
Macedonian
Government's
spokesman
Saso
Colakovski
informed,
pointing
out
that
the
information
is
still
unofficial.
12:30
- Deputy
Prosecutor
Roksana
Krstevska
stated
that
one
carbonized
and
one
unburnt
body,
and
parts
of
five
bodies
were
found.
13:00
- The
information
on
the
found
bodies
was
announced
at
the
press
conference
in
Mostar,
where
Macedonian
Minister
of
Justice
Ixhet
Memeti
and
Bosnian
Interior
Minister
participated.
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