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The Sknyliv air show disaster occurred on 27 July 2002, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27UB aircraft, piloted by Volodymyr Toponar (of the Ukrainian Falcons) and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov, crashed into spectators during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine. The accident killed 77 people and injured 543.
September 21 – Aerobatic and air show pilot Francesco Fornabaio was killed after crashing his Extreme 3000 during the "Fly Venice 2014" airshow held at the Giovanni Nicelli Airport in Venice, Italy. [115] The accident occurred when the pilot turned off the plane's engine during a roll, and the plane did not regain altitude. [116] [117]
A collage of some of the deadliest aircraft disasters worldwide since 2001. This article lists the deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general aviation flights that have been involved in a ground or mid-air collision.
Lists of air show accidents and incidents give lists of accidents and incidents at air shows. They include: List of air show accidents and incidents in the 20th century;
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 (67 ...
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The crash occurred in front of 250,000 spectators near the end of the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, the world's largest air show and aerospace industry exhibition event. [ 8 ] [ 11 ] СССР-77102 on the tarmac at Le Bourget while Concorde takes off in the background, 2 June
A pilot’s significant errors and “poor” flying led to 11 men being unlawfully killed in the Shoreham Airshow disaster, a senior coroner has ruled.