The Ramstein air show disaster
- Episode aired Feb 22, 2008
- 8m
What begins as a peaceful air show ends in disaster when three planes collide above Ramstein Germany then slam into the runway. It is Sunday, 28 August 1988 during the Flugtag '88 airshow at... Read allWhat begins as a peaceful air show ends in disaster when three planes collide above Ramstein Germany then slam into the runway. It is Sunday, 28 August 1988 during the Flugtag '88 airshow at the United States' Ramstein Air Base near Kaiserslautern, West Germany. There were 70 fat... Read allWhat begins as a peaceful air show ends in disaster when three planes collide above Ramstein Germany then slam into the runway. It is Sunday, 28 August 1988 during the Flugtag '88 airshow at the United States' Ramstein Air Base near Kaiserslautern, West Germany. There were 70 fatalities (67 spectators and 3 pilots); 346 spectators sustained serious injuries in the res... Read all