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ulls010243 - 8 February 1958
Munich Air Disaster 1958 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 along with a number of supporters and journalists. Twenty-three of the 44 passengers on board the aircraft died in the disaster. - Josef Reichel (c.) of the German Aviation Adminstration investigates the wreckage, February 8, 1958.
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