Ramstein airshow disaster

In one of the world's worst airshow disasters on August 28, 1988, three jets from the Italian Air Force display team, Frecce Tricolori, collided in mid-air and one crashed into the crowd during an airshow at Ramstein Air Base near Ramstein, Germany. Sixty seven spectators (as well as all three pilots) were killed and hundreds injured in the resulting explosion.

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Airshow - Disaster - August 28 - 1988 - Italian Air Force - Frecce Tricolori - Ramstein Air Base - Ramstein - Germany

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The disaster resulted in a total ban of public airshows in Germany, which was lifted three years later and replaced with security regulations:

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• minimum height and distance from spectators
• no maneuvers in the directions of spectators
• all maneuvers subject to approval by authorities

The disaster also inspired the song Rammstein by the homonimous German industrial metal band, featured on their album Herzeleid.

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Rammstein - Herzeleid

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Ramstein Air Base itself has not held an airshow since the incident.

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