Airshows Suck: 10 Terrifying Plane Crash Videos

June 29, 2007 | by Jefferson | Filed Under Video |

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Airplane enthusiasts the world over love to attend air shows so that they can see skilled pilots pull off amazing maneuvers in some of the world’s coolest planes. However, as these 10 videos show, such events can become horrifying events for pilots and spectators:

1. July 2002 airshow in the Ukraine: SU-27 falls from the sky and kills 84 people:

2. Ramstein airshow disaster in Germany, 1988: 75 people killed, 346 seriously injured:

3. Crash of a 1951 Hawker Hunter at a Hillsboro, Oregon airshow in 2006: pilot was killed and three homes were damaged:

4. Spitfire accident at an airshow, date unknown, pilot likely killed:

5. April 2007 Blue Angels F-18 crash in South Carolina, one pilot killed:

6. 1994 Crash of a B-52 in Spokane, Washington: It took place during preparations for an air show; 4 crew members were killed.

7. P-38 crash at 1996 Duxford Airshow in the United Kingdom, pilot killed:

8. Two small planes crash at airshow in Malta (date and casualties unknown);

9. MIG 29 collision at 1993 airshow in Fairford, Britain: pilots miraculously survived:

10. The final video is a warning: please be careful where you park your cars at airshows, or this could happen to you:

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