Munich 1958
On 6 February 1958 at Munich airport was an incomparable tragedy, what happened in the history of the sport. On that day, returning from Belgrade, the plane on his way to England, landed at Munich to refuel. The players of Manchester came back after the match against Red Star Belgrade in the Champions Cup (the then champions of England secured their promotion to the semifinals of the tournament after the tie 3-3.) Unfortunately, many of these on board never seen the point of flight destination - Great Britain, nor have ever played on the pitch. Living in Munich have lost 23 people out of 43 found on board. tragedy took place during the third attempt to take-off G-ALZU AS 57 - Zulu Uniform '609 'line of the Elizabethan. Two previous canceled because of technical problems, namely excessive pressure was special, rich fuel mixture, which resulted in an accelerated work engines. About 15:03 Zulu Uniform '609 'again began to circle the third time. The plane, however, did not obtain the required speed to break away from the earth and with great force broke a fence and crossed the road before it struck the wing of the house. Wing and part of the body have been separated and the house burst into flames. Cockpit hit a tree, and the hull of a wooden garage, where the truck was filled with fuel and landed tires. There was an explosion ... All rear seat passengers were seriously injured or killed. Survivors of the accident were taken to hospital Rechts de Isar in Munich. For many of those who survived the enormity of the tragedy began to reach the next day. 6 February 1958, Manchester United lost in the case of seven players (Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards - died after fifteen days in the hospital, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, Billy Whelan.), Several activists including Walter Crickmer - Club secretary Bert Whalley - head coach for 25 years at United and Tom Curry - the coach who joined United in the mid-thirties. Suffered the death of the journalists on board, Alf Clarke, Don Davies, George Follows, Tom Jackson, Archie Ledbrooke, Henry Rose, Eric Thompson and Frank Swift. Among the victims there were a Captain Kenneth Rayment - pilot, Bela Miklos - travel agent offices, Willie Satinoff - fan and Tom Cable - passenger. ball but did not die at Old Trafford. Jimmy Murphy, despite staffing problems undertook the functions of manager and United completed their season. Many parties came to help, one of the first reacted with Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Football Association appealed against his rule saying that a player who played at least one match in the FA Cup in that season with a team he could not appear in this cup in the same season with another team. This allowed Jimmy Murphy to start the reconstruction from the acquisition Ernie Taylor Lithium Blackpool.Niektórzy rivals over the "Red Devils". The best example was AC Milan, who in the first leg of European Cup semi-final played in a reserve Composition and lost 1:2. But in return there was no mercy. Manchester was defeated 4-0. Los Manchester United attracted almost all supporters among the world's sympathy. plane crash ALZU AS G-57 - Zulu Uniform '609 'line of the 20 passengers survived the Elizabethan Matt Busby (Manager), Johnny Berry, Jackie Blanchflower, Bobby Charlton, Bill Foulkes, Harry Gregg, Ken Morgans, Albert Scanlon, Dennis Viollet Ray Wood (players), Frank Taylor (journalist), Peter Howard, Ted Ellyard (photographers), Vera Lukic and daughter rescued by Harry Gregg (passengers), Miklos (his wife agent travel agency which organized the flight), Tomasevic (passenger), James Thain (master-pilot). Also survived two stewardesses - Rosemary Cheverton and Margaret Bellis.
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