29 May – World's first
Pendolino train to enter regular high-speed service between Milan and Rome.[3]
28 August – In an
air show at the US
Ramstein Air Base in Germany, three
jets from the Italian air demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, collide, sending a fireball into the ground. All three pilots and 67 spectators are killed, with a further 346 seriously injured.[4]