Ramstein air show disaster
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title:
Ramstein air show disaster
text:
The Ramstein air show disaster occurred on Sunday, 28 August 1988 during the Flugtag '88 airshow at USAF Ramstein Air Base near Kaiserslautern, West Germany. Three aircraft of the Italian Air Force display team collided during their display, crashing to the ground in front of a crowd of about 300,000 people. There were 70 fatalities, and 346 spectators sustained serious injuries in the resulting explosion and fire. Hundreds more had minor injuries. At the time, it was the deadliest air show acci
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August 1988 air show mid-air collision in West Germany
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_air_show_disaster
date created:
2002-10-11T12:29:26Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T13:04:45Z
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