LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Ramstein air show disaster

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

29 Aug 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:57

Description

George Matheson reports on an accident at a West German air show at the US Ramstein Air Base near Kaiserslautern, in which 67 spectators and 3 pilots died and 346 spectators sustained serious injuries in the resulting explosion and fire. Includes recording of accident; comments from eyewitnesses; interview with Duncan Simpson, aviation expert; German journalist, Rainer Guiwers(?); Bill Bedford, pilot.

Contributors

George Matheson; Duncan Simpson; Rainer Guiwers(?); Bill Bedford

Keywords

Accidents; Air accidents; Germany; Ramstein airshow disaster (28/08/88); Ramstein (air base)

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