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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 ...
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]
A 1991 Italian film by Marco Risi, The Invisible Wall, tells the story of a journalist in search of answers to the many questions left open by the accident. The film theorises on a few possible scenarios, including the possibility that the DC-9 was mistakenly shot down during an aerial engagement between NATO and Libyan jet fighters. [34]
The second plane crash-landed, critically injuring pilot Chris Kalishek. [ 23 ] June 1 – Air Show Colorado 1997 ( Broomfield, Colorado ) – Ret. Colonel "Smiling Jack" Jack M. Rosamond was killed when he lost control of his restored F-86 Sabre Jet during an acrobatic loop at the (then known as) Jefferson County Airport .
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 ...
0–9. 1988 Soviet Air Force Il-76 crash; 1988 Talia Airways Boeing 727 crash; 1988 T&G Aviation DC-7 incident; A. Aeroflot Flight 699; Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1988)
The 1988 crash of Delta Flight 1141 was the last major commercial accident at Dallas-Fort Worth. Ahead of the 35th anniversary, these Star-Telegram photos of the scene are published for the first ...
The plane or parts of the plane reportedly struck a car carrying a family, killing a 5-year-old girl. A 9-year-old and the parents were being treated for burns, according to Italian news agency ANSA.