Ramstein

Ramstein is a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, also, but not only known for being the home of Ramstein Air Base, a United States military airfield. In the Ramstein airshow disaster of 1988, 70 people died at this airbase after an Aermacchi 339 trainer aircraft of the Italian aerobatic team the Frecce Tricolori collided with the tail of another similar aircraft and careened onwards into spectators during an airshow. It has been reported that the pressure setting on the aircraft had been incorrectly input so that the altimeter gave an inaccurate reading to the pilot flying towards the crowd-line.

Related Topics:
Rhineland-Palatinate - Germany - Ramstein Air Base - United States - Ramstein airshow disaster - 1988 - Trainer - Aerobatic - Frecce Tricolori - Airshow - Altimeter

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The metal rock band Rammstein is named after the airbase.

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