5o years ago today was the tragic Munich air disaster. If you didnt know this is when 23 people died. This included 8 players and 3 club staff. 22 people died on the plane while Duncan Edwards died 15 days later. The United team had played Red Star Belgrade in the European Cup and were on the way back home. They had stopped in Germany to re-fuel. The weather was terrible and actually had 2 attempts to take off where were were aborted. On the third attempt the plane crashed. Snow/ice at the end of the runway meant the plane slowed down and was not going fast enough to take off properly.
The tragedy is a big part of United’s history. How United play now is comparable to the Busby Babes era.
There will be a minutes silences tonight at the England game and also one before the Manchester derby on Sunday. Lets hope its respected because it was a tragedy for football in general.
There is lots of coverage about it on TV with it being the 50th anniversary and on MUTV and manutd.com there is plenty of coverage. MUTV is free to view today.
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