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Dec 9, 2008 · On December 8, 1988, an A-10 Thunderbolt II crashed onto a residential area in the city of Remscheid, Germany. The aircraft hit a house and smashed onto nearby company grounds. Besides the pilot six people were killed. 50 people were seriously injured.
- Joachim Jacob
Dec 8, 1988 · REMSCHEID, West Germany -- An Air Force A-10 jet crashed Thursday, killing an undetermined number of people and setting houses on fire, U.S. and West German officials said.
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The 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash occurred on December 8, 1988, when a United States Air Force attack jet, an A-10 Thunderbolt II crashed onto 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, five people were killed. Fifty others were injured, including many seriously.
According to press reports the plane was engaged in a low-altitude flight exercise. It belonged to a unit from Bentwaters Air Base but at the time of the accident was stationed at Nörvenich Air Base.
When the number of cancer cases in the vicinity of the accident rose disproportionately in the years after, suspicion rose that the jet, contrary to US statements, may have been loaded with ammunition containing depleted uranium.
In 2002, however, a test of soil samples from 250 meters around the crash site revealed no traces of depleted uranium.
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December 8, 1988. A low flying A-10 Thunderbolt crashed into an apartment at Remscheid, Germany. 6 killed (including the pilot) and 50 injured.
The 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash occurred on December 8, 1988, when an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jet of the United States Air Force crashed into a residential area in the city of Remscheid, West Germany. The aircraft crashed into the upper floor of an apartment complex.
