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His plane crashed onto a taxiway near the runway, destroying a medevac helicopter and fatally injuring its pilot, Captain Kim Strader. Pony 2, the third plane involved in the disaster, was severely damaged from the impact with Pony 1, and crashed beside the runway, exploding in a fireball. Its pilot, Captain Alessio, died on impact.
Uganda Airlines Flight 775 was a Boeing 707-338C, registration 5X-UBC, that crashed while attempting to land at Rome-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy on 17 October 1988. [1] Out of the 52 occupants onboard, 33 were killed. [2] [3] [4]
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1988 (1 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1988" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
The new Peacock/Sky TV series is based on the real-life Pan Am Flight 103 that crashed Dec. 21, 1988 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The plane exploded just 38 minutes after take-off and killed all 259 ...
The film was released on television on May 2, 1988. It was later released on home video in the United States in 1990, in both VHS and LaserDisc formats, by Vidmark Entertainment under an alternate title, The Flight. There were also releases of this film using its original title on VHS in several other countries, including the United Kingdom and ...
The Italian Air Force said it was investigating whether an aircraft of its acrobatic team struck birds before it crashed near an airport, killing a child on the ground. A 5-year-old girl and her ...
Aug. 31, 1988: Crews remove one of the first victims of the Delta 1141 crash from the plane’s rear, which had been on fire. Twelve passengers and two flight attendants died in the disaster at ...
29 May – World's first Pendolino train to enter regular high-speed service between Milan and Rome. [3]28 August – In an air show at the US Ramstein Air Base in Germany, three jets from the Italian air demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, collide, sending a fireball into the ground.