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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.
Dec 9, 2008 · Updated December 10, 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
West German spokesmen said the plane had taken off with 17 others to practice low flying over another area and began to spew flames about a mile and a half from Remscheid, an industrial city of...
Dec 8, 1988 · Dec. 8, 1988. U.S. military aircraft crashes West German town. REMSCHEID, West Germany -- An Air Force A-10 jet crashed Thursday, killing an undetermined number of people and setting...
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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.
•New York Times: U.S. Plane Crashes Into German City
Survivors. 0. 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.
Aug 21, 1992 · A GERMAN NEIGHBORHOOD, SICKENED BY TOXINS, BLAMES U.S. JET'S 1988 CRASH. By Steve Vogel. August 20, 1992 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Share. Add to your saved stories.
