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- Munich_air_disaster abstract "The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958 when British European Airways flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport, West Germany. On the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes", along with supporters and journalists. 20 of the 44 on the aircraft died. The injured, some unconscious, were taken to the Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich where three more died, resulting in 23 fatalities with 21 survivors.The football team was returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) against Red Star Belgrade. The flight stopped to refuel in Munich because a non-stop flight from Belgrade to Manchester was out of the "Elizabethan" class Airspeed Ambassador aircraft's range. After refuelling, pilots James Thain and Kenneth Rayment twice abandoned take-off because of boost surging in the left engine. Fearing they would get too far behind schedule, Captain Thain rejected an overnight stay in Munich in favour of a third take-off attempt. By then, snow was falling, causing a layer of slush at the end of the runway. After the aircraft hit the slush, it ploughed through a fence beyond the end of the runway and the left wing was torn off after hitting a house. Fearing the aircraft might explode, Thain began evacuating passengers while Manchester United goalkeeper Harry Gregg helped pull survivors from the wreckage.An investigation by West German airport authorities originally blamed Thain, saying he did not de-ice the aircraft's wings, despite eyewitness statements to the contrary. It was later established that the crash was caused by slush on the runway, which slowed the plane too much to take-off. Thain was cleared in 1968, ten years after the incident.Manchester United were trying to become the third club to win three successive English league titles; they were six points behind League leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers with 14 games to go. They also held the Charity Shield and had just advanced into their second successive European Cup semi-final. The team had not been beaten for 11 matches.".
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- Munich_air_disaster wikiPageID "157511".
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- Munich_air_disaster aircraftName "Lord Burghley".
- Munich_air_disaster aircraftType Airspeed_Ambassador.
- Munich_air_disaster alt "A twin-engine turboprop airliner with three fins parked on ramp while being serviced, with mobile staircases located nearby.".
- Munich_air_disaster caption "An Airspeed Ambassador similar to the one involved in the crash.".
- Munich_air_disaster cause "ATC".
- Munich_air_disaster cause "Pilot".
- Munich_air_disaster cause "Weather".
- Munich_air_disaster cause1Note "slush on runway".
- Munich_air_disaster causeIs "contested".
- Munich_air_disaster crew "6".
- Munich_air_disaster date "1958-02-06".
- Munich_air_disaster destination England.
- Munich_air_disaster destination Manchester_Airport.
- Munich_air_disaster fatalities "23".
- Munich_air_disaster hasPhotoCollection Munich_air_disaster.
- Munich_air_disaster imageSize "250".
- Munich_air_disaster injuries "19".
- Munich_air_disaster name "Munich air disaster".
- Munich_air_disaster occurrenceType "Accident".
- Munich_air_disaster operator British_European_Airways.
- Munich_air_disaster origin Belgrade_Nikola_Tesla_Airport.
- Munich_air_disaster origin Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia.
- Munich_air_disaster outcome "Crash".
- Munich_air_disaster passengers "38".
- Munich_air_disaster site Munich.
- Munich_air_disaster site West_Germany.
- Munich_air_disaster stopover Munich-Riem_Airport.
- Munich_air_disaster stopover West_Germany.
- Munich_air_disaster survivors "21".
- Munich_air_disaster tailNumber "G-ALZU".
- Munich_air_disaster type "Take-off failure, slush on the runway".
- Munich_air_disaster subject Category:1958_in_Germany.
- Munich_air_disaster subject Category:1958_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Munich_air_disaster subject Category:1958_meteorology.
- Munich_air_disaster subject Category:20th_century_in_Bavaria.
- Munich_air_disaster subject Category:Airliner_accidents_and_incidents_caused_by_weather.
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- Munich_air_disaster subject Category:Aviation_accidents_and_incidents_involving_professional_sports_teams.
- Munich_air_disaster subject Category:British_European_Airways_accidents_and_incidents.
- Munich_air_disaster subject Category:History_of_Munich.
- Munich_air_disaster subject Category:History_of_football_in_England.
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- Munich_air_disaster comment "The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958 when British European Airways flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport, West Germany. On the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes", along with supporters and journalists. 20 of the 44 on the aircraft died.".
- Munich_air_disaster label "British-European-Airways-Flug 609".
- Munich_air_disaster label "Desastre aéreo de Munique".
- Munich_air_disaster label "Desastre aéreo de Múnich".
- Munich_air_disaster label "Disastro aereo di Monaco di Baviera".
- Munich_air_disaster label "Katastrofa lotu British European Airways 609".
- Munich_air_disaster label "Munich air disaster".
- Munich_air_disaster label "Vliegramp van München".
- Munich_air_disaster label "Vol 609 British European Airways".
- Munich_air_disaster label "Авиакатастрофа в Мюнхене 6 февраля 1958 года".
- Munich_air_disaster label "كارثة ميونخ الجوية".
- Munich_air_disaster label "ミュンヘンの悲劇".
- Munich_air_disaster label "慕尼黑空难".
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