When protectthehornet said that, I must admit, it was the first thing that crossed my mind as well. It might have been in a similar capacity (ie. high ranking officials etc with "get-me-there-itis") alas...
The link from what protectthehornet was referring to is here:
1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Just hope that it wasn't a risky-shift scenario what with all the big airforce bosses onboard and probably (pure speculation here) being in the cockpit?
-- JFK --