What the records say
- When
- 8 Dec 1988
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 51.19° N, 7.16° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 6
1988 Remscheid A-10 crash
Airplane crash in Germany
The 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash occurred on December 8, 1988, when an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jet of the United States Air Forces in Europe crashed into a residential area in the city of Remscheid, West Germany. The aircraft crashed into the upper floor of an apartment complex. In addition to the pilot, six people were killed. Fifty others were injured, many of them seriously.
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