27 events found for 1988
The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim,
The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people
Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing
United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people…
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the…
The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil…
The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into…