Munich air disaster

The Munich air disaster occurred on February 6, 1958, when Flight BE609, a British European Airways "Elizabethan" class Airspeed Ambassador charter aircraft G-ALZU 'Lord Burghley', carrying players and backroom staff of Manchester United F.C., plus a number of journalists and supporters, crashed in a blizzard on its third attempt to take off from Munich-Riem airport.

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February 6 - 1958 - British European Airways - Airspeed Ambassador - Aircraft - Manchester United F.C. - Munich-Riem airport

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Twenty-three of the 43 passengers on board the aircraft died in the disaster.

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