1988 Remscheid A-10 crash

Airplane crash in Germany 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash site.jpg 1.15 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash site 1988 12 08 Crash during low-altitude flight Accident Remscheid, West Germany 51 11 11 N 7 09 38 E inline,title region:DE_type:landmark_source:dewiki 6 50 A-10 Thunderbolt II United States Air Force 81-0957 Nörvenich Air Base 1 0 1 1 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 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. In addition to the pilot, six people were killed. Fifty others were injured, many of them seriously. The plane was engaged in a low-altitude flight exercise.December 8, 1988 West Germany / United States Plane Crash NBC News broadcast http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=560592 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120307081941/http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=560592 7 March 2012 Vanderbilt Television News Archive It belonged to a unit from Bentwaters Air Base but at the time of the accident was stationed at Nörvenich Air Base, a so-called Forward Operation Location (FOL).Westminster Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons House of Commons Hansard Debates for 12 Dec 1988 https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198889/cmhansrd/1988-12-12/Writtens-8.html 30 April 2017 Parliament of the United Kingdom The flight leader, Captain Marke F. Gibson,August 2009 Major General Marke F. Gibson https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/104932/major-general-marke-f-gibson/ USAF was leading his flight followed by his wingman, Captain Michael P. Foster. The cause of the accident was attributed to spatial disorientation, after both planes encountered difficult and adverse weather conditions for visual flying. Captain Gibson was able to maneuver his aircraft to safety, but Captain Foster's aircraft crashed into the houses on Stockder Strasse.Bittorf Wilhelm :de:Wilhelm Bittorf December 25, 1988 Ich hab' meinen Flügelmann verloren I have lost my wingman https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ich-hab-meinen-fluegelmann-verloren-spiegel-autor-wilhelm-a-b202359a-0002-0001-0000-000013532060?context=issue Der Spiegel de Aftermath 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. Teratogenicity of depleted uranium aerosols: A review from an epidemiological perspective Rita Hindin Doug Brugge Bindu Panikkar Environmental Health 26 August 2005 4 1 17 www.ehjournal.net 10.1186/1476-069X-4-17 16124873 1242351 free 2005EnvHe...4...17H 2000 1988 12 08 2000 hier und heute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGhT9M-7KOQ YouTube This was denied by the US military. Despite this, 70 tons of top soil from the accident scene were removed and taken away to a depot (which also happens to be standard procedure for cleanup when a large amount of jet fuel is spilled on populated ground, such as in a plane crash).Markmeyer B. 1989-10-13 Remscheid-Absturz mit Folgen de 1–2 Die Tageszeitung https://taz.de/!1794979/ 0931-9085 Also, film material taken during the top-soil removal showed radiation warning signs.2001-01-13 Starb Kind wegen Uranverseuchung? http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/remscheid-starb-kind-wegen-uranverseuchung-a-112293.html 2018-05-18 Der Spiegel 120 residents and rescue workers reported skin diseases, diagnosed as (toxic) contact dermatitis.Christiansen Frank 2008-12-08 Flugzeugabsturz in Remscheid 1988: Der Schock sitzt immer noch tief https://www.wz.de/panorama/flugzeugabsturz-in-remscheid-1988-der-schock-sitzt-immer-noch-tief_aid-31569121 Westdeutsche Zeitung de Damages accounted to approximately DM 13 million and were covered 75% by the U.S. Air Force and 25% by the West German government. Cause The cause of the accident was attributed to spatial disorientation, after both planes encountered difficult and adverse weather conditions for visual flying. See also West Germany United States 1980s 1955 Altensteig mid-air collision 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash 1960 Munich C-131 crash 1964 Machida F-8 crash 1977 Yokohama F-4 crash Cavalese cable car disaster (1998) References Further reading Schmemann Serge December 9, 1988 U.S. Plane Crashes into German City The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/09/world/us-plane-crashes-into-german-city.html Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1988 Category:Accidents and incidents involving United States Air Force aircraft Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Germany Category:Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II Category:1988 in West Germany Category:1980s in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:December 1988 in Europe Category:Low flying