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On July 27, 2002, a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter jet crashed into a crowd of spectators, killing 77 and injuring 534, the worst air show disaster ever.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/july-27-2002-ukraine-air-show-disaster-worst-air-show-tragedy-history
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
Music: “Elegy” by Wayne Jones from the YouTube Audio Library
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On July 27, 2002, a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter jet crashed into a crowd of spectators, killing 77 and injuring 534, the worst air show disaster ever.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/july-27-2002-ukraine-air-show-disaster-worst-air-show-tragedy-history
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
Music: “Elegy” by Wayne Jones from the YouTube Audio Library
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F-15,_71st_Fighter_Squadron,_in_flight.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Navy_Su-27_Flanker_fighter_jet_intercept_USAF_B1_bomber_over_Baltic_sea.webm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ufalcons1.png
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Volodymyr_Shkidchenko.jpg
The image by Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SU27_-_RIAT_2011_(8584951905).jpg is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
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The image by EC-JRC (ECHO) available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ukraine_Base_Map.png is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
The image by Dmitriy Pichugin available at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sukhoi_Su-27SKM_at_MAKS-2005_airshow.jpg is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 only: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:GNU_Free_Documentation_License
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