Ramstein is a town in
Germany, known for being the home of
Ramstein Air Base, a
United States military airfield. In the
Ramstein airshow disaster of
1988, 70 people died at this airbase after an Aermacchi 339
trainer aircraft of the Italian
aerobatic team the
Frecce Tricolori[?] collided with the tail of another similar aircraft and careered onwards into spectators during an
airshow. It has been reported that the pressure setting on the aircraft had been incorrectly input so that the
altimeter gave an inaccurate reading to the pilot flying towards the crowd-line.
The metal rock band Rammstein is said to be named after the airbase.
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