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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.
The accident marked the second operational loss and first fatal crash for the C-5 Galaxy fleet, and is the third deadliest accident involving a U.S. military aircraft after the 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown and Arrow Air Flight 1285R.
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.
A USAF Boeing CT-43 73-1149, call sign IFO 21, of the 76th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, on an official trade mission, crashed on approach to Dubrovnik Airport, Croatia, killing United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 other people. The crash board findings, announced 7 June 1996, blamed the crash ...
Flowers, photos and messages are seen at a memorial at the International Skating Center of Connecticut before a moment of silence in memory of the D.C. plane crash victims, with a special tribute ...
PHOTO: ‘Wall of Hope’ memorial features flowers and photos honoring the 67 killed last week when an American Airlines regional jet crashed into a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29.
October 5, 1991: C-130H-30 A-1324 of the Indonesian Air Force crashed after take-off 1991 Jakarta Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash from Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia due to an engine fire. 133 on board of the aircraft as well as two people on the ground were killed, but one passenger on the aircraft survived.
The remains of all 67 people who were killed in the Washington, D.C. plane crash last week have been recovered, authorities announced Tuesday, adding that all but one of the victims has been ...