A plaque at Old Trafford Football Ground remembering the Munich air disaster

The Munich air disaster took place on February 6, 1958, when the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the Busby Babes, along with a number of supporters and journalists. Twenty-three of the 44 passengers on board the aircraft died in the disaster. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1132x1138, 254 KB)Edited from original at Image:Munich memorial plaque. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1132x1138, 254 KB)Edited from original at Image:Munich memorial plaque. ... Old Trafford (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Sir. ... is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Terminal and main entrance hall in 1992 Main entrance hall Road leading to the airport and control tower in 1992 Control tower The Munich-Riem airport was the main airport of Munich until it was closed in 1992. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... The Busby Babes were a group of Manchester United players who progressed from the clubs youth team into the first team under Sir Matt Busbys management. ...

The flight was operated by British European Airways (BEA) as an "Elizabethan" class Airspeed Ambassador charter aircraft G-ALZU Lord Burghley. For other uses of BEA see Bea British European Airways, or BEA, was formed in 1946 by an Act of Parliament. ... The Airspeed Ambassador was a twin piston engined airliner that first flew on July 10, 1947 and served in very small numbers through the 1950s. ... Look up aircraft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598), was an English politician, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign (17 November 1558–24 March 1603), and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. ...

Background

The European Cup had been contested since 1955, although no English club took part in the very first tournament on account of Football League rules. Manchester United entered the 1956-57 tournament and reached the semi-finals, being knocked out by eventual winners Real Madrid; they were thus one of the favourites for the 1957-58 tournament. Domestic league matches were played on Saturdays and European matches were played midweek, so although air travel was risky at the time, it was the only practical choice if United were to fulfil their league fixtures.^[1] Their team was known as the Busby Babes, a reference to their manager Matt Busby and to the average age of the players, which was unusually young. The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... The season 1955-56 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Real Madrid in an exciting final victory against Reims. ... The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... The season 1956-57 of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the second time by Real Madrid against ACF Fiorentina. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Madrid. ... The season 1957-58 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Real Madrid in an exciting extra time final victory against AC Milan. ... The Busby Babes were a group of Manchester United players who progressed from the clubs youth team into the first team under Sir Matt Busbys management. ... Statue of Sir Matt Busby Sir Alexander Matthew Busby, CBE (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for his management of Manchester United F.C. during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. ...

The club had chartered an aeroplane to fly them home from their European Cup match against the Yugoslavian team Red Star Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda), which ended in a 3-3 draw (United won the tie 5-4 on aggregate). The take-off from Belgrade was delayed for an hour as the United player Johnny Berry had lost his passport,^[2] then the plane made a scheduled stop in Munich to refuel. Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, Југославија in Cyrillic; English: South Slavia) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ... Logo of Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski Klub Crvena Zvezda (Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, commonly known in English as Red Star Belgrade) is one of the two major football teams in Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia and Montenegro. ... John James Berry (1 June 1926–23 September 1994) was an English football player. ...

The crash

The Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZU burning at Munich

Captain James Thain, the pilot, tried to take off twice, but both attempts were aborted due to engine surging. When a third take off was attempted, at 3:04pm, the plane failed to gain adequate height and crashed into the fence surrounding the airport, then into a house, which was unoccupied at the time. Image File history File linksMetadata Airspeed_Ambassador_G-ALZU_Burning_At_Munich_1958. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Airspeed_Ambassador_G-ALZU_Burning_At_Munich_1958. ...

Although the crash was originally blamed on pilot error, it was subsequently found to have been caused by the build-up of slush towards the ends of the runway, causing deceleration of the aircraft and preventing safe flying speed from being attained. During the take off, the aircraft had attained a speed of 117 kt but on entering the slush speed dropped to 105 kt, too slow for flight, with not enough runway remaining to abort the take off. Aircraft with tail-wheel undercarriages had not been greatly affected by slush, due to the geometry of these undercarriages in relation to the aircraft's centre of gravity but newer types, such as the Ambassador, with nosewheel landing-gear and the main wheels behind the centre of gravity, were found to be vulnerable. The accident resulted in the instigation of operating limits for the amount of slush build-up permitted on runways. This article is about the mixture of solid and liquid snow. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Acceleration is the time rate of change of velocity, and at any point on a v-t graph, it is given by the gradient of the tangent to that point In physics, acceleration (symbol: a) is defined as the rate of change (or time derivative) of velocity. ... V speeds are speeds that define certain performance and limiting characteristics of an aircraft. ... A knot is a unit of speed abbreviated kt or kn. ... Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 87s, with fixed conventional landing gear. ... The center-of-gravity (CG) is the point at which an aircraft would balance if it were possible to suspend it at that point. ...

The Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZU at Munich-Riem just before the accident

Despite this conclusion, the West German authorities (who were legally responsible for the state of the airport's runways) took legal action against Captain Thain, claiming he had taken off without de-icing the wings sufficiently and that responsibility for the accident was his alone, despite several witnesses stating that this was not so. The basis of the German authorities' case relied on a photograph of the aircraft (published in several newspapers - shown right) taken shortly before take off, that appeared to show snow on the upper wing surfaces. When the original negative was examined, however, no snow or ice could be seen, the 'snow' having been due to the published pictures being produced from a copy negative. The witnesses were not called to the German inquiry and proceedings against Thain dragged on until 1968, when he was finally cleared of any responsibility for the crash. The official cause was recorded as a build-up of melting snow on the runway which prevented the Elizabethan from reaching the required take-off speed. Thain, having been dismissed by BEA shortly after the accident, retired and returned to run his poultry farm in Berkshire. He died of a heart attack at the age of 53, in 1975. Image File history File linksMetadata Airspeed_Ambassador_G-ALZU_At_Munich_Before_Accident. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Airspeed_Ambassador_G-ALZU_At_Munich_Before_Accident. ... West Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include East Germany. ... Deicing is the process of removing ice from a surface. ... Color, positive picture (A) and negative (B), monochrome positive picture (C) and negative (D) In photography, a negative may refer to 3 different things, although they are all related. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ...

Manchester United after the crash

Seven of Manchester United's players died immediately, and Duncan Edwards died from his injuries on 21 February. Two other players had to retire because of their injuries. Matt Busby was seriously injured and had to stay in hospital for some time after the crash, and was read his last rites twice. There was speculation that the club would fold, but a threadbare United team completed the 1957-1958 season, with United's coach Jimmy Murphy standing in as manager.^[3] A team largely made up of reserves and youth team players beat Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 in the first match after the disaster. The programme for that match showed simply a blank space where each United player's name should have been. Duncan Edwards (October 1, 1936 - February 21, 1958) was an English international footballer. ... is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Statue of Sir Matt Busby Sir Alexander Matthew Busby, CBE (26 May 1909 – 20 January 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for his management of Manchester United F.C. during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. ... Extreme Unction, part of The Seven Sacraments (1445) by Roger van der Weyden. ... James Patrick Murpy b. ... Sheffield Wednesday Football Club (abbreviated as SWFC, nicknamed The Owls) is one of the oldest football clubs in England and play in The Football League. ...

Although the team's league results were poor they reached the final of the F.A. Cup, losing 2–0 to Bolton Wanderers. Busby resumed managerial duties the following season and eventually built a second generation of Busby Babes, including George Best and Denis Law, that went on to win the European Cup a decade after the disaster in 1968, beating Benfica. Crash survivors Bobby Charlton and Bill Foulkes were two of the other players who lined up in that team. Bolton Wanderers Football Club (also known as The Trotters) are an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, North West England. ... For the 1987 album by The Wedding Present, see George Best (album). ... Denis Law (born February 24, 1940, in Aberdeen, Scotland) is a retired Scottish football player, who enjoyed a long and successful career as a striker from the 1950s to the 1970s. ... Champions League Logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual international inter-club football competition between Europes most successful clubs, regarded as the most prestigious club trophy in the sport. ... The season 1967-68 saw the European Cup football club tournament won by an inspired Manchester United FC in an extra time final victory against SL Benfica. ... Benfica redirects here. ... Sir Robert Bobby Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937 in Ashington, Northumberland) is a former English professional football player who won the World Cup and was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1966. ... Bill Foulkes (born January 5, 1932 in St. ...

As late as 2006, there have been reports fans of opposing clubs miming plane crashes and taunting United fans about the crash when their teams play against Manchester United.^[4][5]

Memorials

The first three memorials at Old Trafford were unveiled on February 25, 1960. Placed above the entrance to the Director's Box the plaque featured a supporter and a player with their heads bowed solemnly looking down onto a wreath, underneath of which was a football bearing the date 1958 and beneath this was the pitch with the names of the dead inscribed. A bronze plaque in memory of eight journalists was placed into the Press Box and lastly the simple clock was erected at the front of the stadium. When building work began a decade later the plaque could not be safely moved and was left in situ to be walled up inside the new construction. The club claims to possess this pitch aspect of this first memorial in storage, and also claims to be planning its placement in the onsite museum. The manufactures of the plaque actually made a second copy, but this was destroyed when the firm went out of business in 1983.

The second plaque, similar but smaller, was installed in 1976 and a third plaque is on the front facade of the ground and was installed in 1996. The clock has moved but is still visible and the Press Box plaque was stolen and replaced with a replica shortly afterwards.

There are also two memorials in Germany. In the village of Kirchtrudering there is a small wooden trough memorial with the inscription: "In the memory of the victims of the air disaster of 6.2.1958 including members of the football team of Manchester United as well as all the victims from the municipality of Trudering".

In September 2004,in the vicinity of Munich Airport, a granite memorial was unveiled which reads in both English and German: "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES HERE IN THE MUNICH AIR DISASTER ON THE 6TH FEBRUARY 1958". Underneath is a plaque expressing United's gratitude to the municipitality of Munich and its people. Munich International Airport (IATA: MUC, ICAO: EDDM), officially named Franz Josef Strauss International Airport (German: Flughafen München-Franz-Josef-Strauß) is located 28 km northeast of Munich, Germany, and is a hub for Lufthansa and Star Alliance partner airlines. ...

Tributes

Music

• The Liverpool folk band The Spinners released a song about the disaster, titled "The Flowers of Manchester", in 1962.
• The Manchester-born singer Morrissey released a song called "Munich Air Disaster, 1958" (as a b-side to "Irish Blood, English Heart") in 2004, and performed it live several times that year. It later appeared on his live album Live at Earls Court in 2005.
• The English band The Futureheads named their album News and Tributes in honour of the disaster (using a headline from The Daily Mirror). The title track pays tribute to those who lost their lives including the verse,

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• British pop/folk artist Iain Matthews recorded an a cappella song called "Busby's Babes" about his youthful reaction to the tragedy.

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Film

Barry Navidi is currently working on a script for a Hollywood film about the Munich air crash. The Manchester Evening News (April 22, 2005) reported that the survivors had not been consulted and were concerned about how accurate the film would be. Bill Foulkes was quoted as saying, "If the film was made properly and was respectful to those who perished, it could be a tribute to the Busby Babes which could be seen for generations to come. And those great players who died that day deserve to be remembered. But what worries me is that none of the survivors have been contacted by the film-makers. And without that first hand knowledge, I don't believe it is possible to make a film like this with any degree of accuracy." Harry Gregg said, "I am sure all of us who were lucky enough to survive the crash have the right to know how we are going to be depicted in the film. Even more important is what the film might say about our team-mates who died that day. They left behind wives and children who are still alive and people over in Hollywood need to take their feelings into consideration before making a film like this." John Doherty, a United player who had not travelled to Belgrade because of injury, was less restrained: "I think it's a terrible idea. It couldn't possibly be a tribute to the Busby Babes, because whoever is making the film doesn't know the people involved. Unless you were there, how could you know what conversations took place? ... As far as I'm concerned, the whole thing stinks. The only reason anyone would want to make a film like this is to make money." The Manchester Evening News is an English daily newspaper published each week day evening and on Saturdays. ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harry Gregg born October 25, 1932 in Magherafelt was a Northern Irish football player. ...

Television

On 10 January 2006 the BBC showed a drama/documentary retelling the story in the series Surviving Disasters. Its end credits contained many Lithuanian names, and the plane's airspeed indicator was labelled with the Russian word СКОРОСТЬ ("speed"), the film was made in Lithuania S. Darius and S. Girėnas Airport using an ex-Soviet plane. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... End Credits are the credits that are displayed at the ending of a movie. ... Airspeed Indicator in a light aircraft The airspeed indicator or airspeed gauge is an instrument used in an aircraft to display the crafts airspeed, typically in knots, to the pilot. ... S. Darius and S. GirÄ—nas Airport, S. Dariaus (S. Gireno) Airport, Aleksotas Airport, (IATA: -, ICAO: EYKS) is a small airport located in Aleksotas, close to the European avenue, only 3 kilometres away from the city centre (Kaunas city (Lithuania). ... Soviet redirects here. ...

2008

Manchester United are planning a series of events that would commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the tragic events that occurred in 1958. Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ...

Victims

Manchester United players

• Geoff Bent
• Roger Byrne
• Eddie Colman
• Duncan Edwards (He died three weeks later)
• Mark Jones
• David Pegg
• Tommy Taylor
• Liam Whelan

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Other victims

• Walter Crickmer - Club secretary
• Bert Whalley - Chief Coach
• Tom Curry - Trainer
• Alf Clarke - Journalist, Manchester Evening Chronicle
• Don Davies - Journalist, Manchester Guardian
• George Follows - Journalist, Daily Herald
• Tom Jackson - Journalist, Manchester Evening News
• Archie Ledbrooke - Journalist, Daily Mirror
• Henry Rose - Journalist, Daily Express
• Eric Thompson - Journalist, Daily Mail
• Frank Swift - Journalist, News of the World (also former England and Manchester City goalkeeper)
• Capt Kenneth "Ken" Rayment - British co-pilot. Mr Rayment suffered multiple injuries in the crash and died three weeks later as a result of brain damage. He was one of two people who died in hospital after being injured in the crash. (the other being Duncan Edwards)
• Bela Miklos - Travel Agent
• Willie Satinoff - Supporter
• Tom Cable - Steward

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Survivors

Manchester United players

• Johnny Berry
• Jackie Blanchflower
• Dennis Viollet
• Ray Wood

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• Sir Bobby Charlton
• Bill Foulkes
• Harry Gregg
• Ken Morgans
• Albert Scanlon

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Other survivors

• Matt Busby - Team manager
• Frank Taylor - Journalist
• James Thain - Captain
• George (Bill) Rodgers - Radio officer
• Peter Howard - Photographer

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• Ted Ellyard - Photographer
• Vera Lukić and baby daughter Venona - Passengers (saved by Manchester United player Harry Gregg)
• Mrs Miklos - Wife of Bela Miklos, the travel agent that arranged trip and died in the crash
• N Tomašević - Passenger
• Rosemary Cheverton - Stewardess
• Margaret Bellis - Stewardess

See also

• Manchester United F.C.
• Manchester United 1945-1969
• List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
• An American military aircraft crashed in central Munich in 1960.
• The Torino A.C. side known as Il Grande Torino that dominated post-war Italian football was lost in an air crash at Superga in 1949.
• The 1989 crash of Surinam Airways Flight PY764 killed a group of Surinamese players known as "The Colorful 11", whose members played professional football in the Netherlands.
• Nearly the entire Zambia national football team was killed in a 1993 crash.

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References

• Air Disasters by Stanley Stewart - Arrow Books (UK) 1986/89 - ISBN 0-09-956200-6
• Manchester United — The Betrayal of a Legend by Michael Crick and David Smith - Pan Books 1990 - ISBN 0-330-31440-8
• Airspeed's elegant Ambassador - Part 3 by Don Middleton - Aeroplane Monthly - April 1982 issue

Notes

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External links

• United-Front.org a tribute site
• Munich58.co.uk a tribute site
• The Busby Babes
• The Munich Air Disaster

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