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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 ...
August 28 – Ramstein air show disaster (Ramstein, (Germany)) – Three members of Italy's Frecce Tricolori Air Force Display Team flying Aermacchi MB-339's were involved in a mid-air collision. Three pilots, Lt. Col. Ivo Nutarelli, Lt. Col. Mario Naldini and Cap.
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The medical team from the air-show arrived and began examining the passengers. Ten minutes after the crash, the first of the fire trucks arrived. But because of the forest, only the smaller vehicles were able to reach the wreckage. Apart from the tail section, the aircraft was consumed by fire. [3] Of 136 people on board, three did not escape.
August 28 – The Ramstein airshow disaster takes place during a performance by the Italian Air Force Frecce Tricolori aerobatic demonstration team at Ramstein Air Base in West Germany when three Aermacchi MB-339 PAN aircraft collide, killing all three pilots and 67 spectators on the ground and injuring 346 people.
The accident was the third airplane crash in the United States between 1975 and 1985 where more than 100 people were killed due to a microburst. These crashes likely helped to drive the need to ...
Sknyliv air show disaster [4] 27 July 2002 Lviv, Ukraine Sukhoi Su-27: 71 84 155 † N/A Viasa Flight 742 [16] 16 March 1969 Maracaibo, Venezuela McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32: 67 3 70 † 500 Ramstein air show disaster [17] 28 August 1988 Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany Aermacchi MB-339 PAN (x3) and UH-60 Black Hawk: 62 11 73 †, * 90 U.S. Air Force ...
The Ramstein air show disaster was a mid-air collision that occurred during the Flugtag '88 air show on Sunday, 28 August 1988, killing 3 pilots from the display team, plus an additional 67 spectators on the ground. [40]