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 cause of the accident was attributed to spatial disorientation, after both planes encountered difficult and adverse weather conditions for visual flying.

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).

[8] 120 residents and rescue workers reported skin diseases, diagnosed as (toxic) contact dermatitis.

[9] Damages accounted to approximately DM 13 million and were covered 75% by the U.S. Air Force and 25% by the West German government.