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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.
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Dec 9, 2008 · By Joachim Jacob. 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.
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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...
Dec 9, 1988 · December 8, 1988 at 7:00 p.m. EST. REMSCHEID, WEST GERMANY, DEC. 9 (FRIDAY) -- A U.S. Air Force A10 Thunderbolt ground attack jet crashed into a. residential neighborhood near...
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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
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.
Dec 9, 1988 · The crash, in the city of Remscheid, was certain to increase West German unhappiness with the training of NATO pilots and troops on German territory. The West German Defense Minister,...
