Munich air disaster

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airliner crash aviation accident sports-related disaster

The Munich air disaster was a 1958 plane crash involving Manchester United’s “Busby Babes” that killed 23 people and became one of the most tragic and defining events in football history.

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Label Occurrences
Munich air disaster canonical 29
1958 Munich air disaster 6
Munich air disaster 1958 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf airliner crash ⓘ
aviation accident ⓘ
sports-related disaster ⓘ
aircraftName Elizabethan ⓘ
aircraftType Airspeed Ambassador ⓘ
cause crash during takeoff ⓘ
reduced aircraft acceleration ⓘ
slush on runway ⓘ
competitionContext UEFA Champions League ⓘ
surface form: European Cup
country Germany ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
date 1958-02-06 ⓘ
destination Manchester ⓘ
flightNumber BEA Flight 609 ⓘ
involvedTeam Manchester United F.C. ⓘ
killedPerson Bert Whalley ⓘ
David Pegg ⓘ
Duncan Edwards ⓘ
Eddie Colman ⓘ
Geoff Bent ⓘ
Liam Whelan ⓘ
Mark Jones ⓘ
Roger Byrne ⓘ
Tom Curry ⓘ
Tommy Taylor ⓘ
Walter Crickmer ⓘ
legacy defining tragedy in Manchester United history ⓘ
one of the most tragic events in football history ⓘ
location Munich ⓘ
Munich Airport ⓘ
surface form: Munich-Riem Airport
managerAtTime Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
surface form: Matt Busby
matchContext return from European Cup tie against Red Star Belgrade ⓘ
memorial Old Trafford ⓘ
surface form: Munich air disaster memorial at Old Trafford

memorial plaque at Manchesterplatz in Munich ⓘ
nicknameOfTeam Busby Babes ⓘ
numberOfFatalities 23 ⓘ
numberOfSurvivors 21 ⓘ
numberOfTakeoffAttempts 3 ⓘ
operator British European Airways ⓘ
origin Belgrade ⓘ
phaseOfFlight takeoff ⓘ
stopover Munich Airport ⓘ
surface form: Munich-Riem Airport
survivor Albert Scanlon ⓘ
Bill Foulkes ⓘ
Bobby Charlton ⓘ
Dennis Viollet ⓘ
Harry Gregg ⓘ
Ken Morgans ⓘ
Sir Matt Busby ⓘ
surface form: Matt Busby

Ray Wood ⓘ
totalPeopleOnBoard 44 ⓘ
year 1958 ⓘ

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Sir Matt Busby → rebuiltClubAfter → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Bobby Charlton → survivedEvent → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Alexander Matthew Busby → involvedIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Alexander Matthew Busby → survived → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Airspeed Ambassador → operatorAccident → Munich air disaster ⓘ
BEA Flight 609 → alsoKnownAs → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Busby Babes → notableEvent → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Duncan Edwards → participatedIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1958 Munich air disaster
Duncan Edwards → victimOf → Munich air disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1958 Munich air disaster
Tommy Taylor → participantIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Liam Whelan → causeOfDeath → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Liam Whelan → notableEvent → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Liam Whelan → diedIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Tom Curry → causeOfDeath → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Tom Curry → participantIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Mark Jones → causeOfDeath → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Mark Jones → participantIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Bert Whalley → causeOfDeath → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Bert Whalley → participantIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Ken Morgans → notableEvent → Munich air disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1958 Munich air disaster
Ray Wood → participatedIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1958 Munich air disaster
Ray Wood → survivorOf → Munich air disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1958 Munich air disaster
Eddie Colman → causeOfDeath → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Eddie Colman → participantIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Harry Gregg → participatedIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1958 Munich air disaster
Dennis Viollet → participantIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Dennis Viollet → survived → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Roger Byrne → causeOfDeath → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Bill Foulkes → notableEvent → Munich air disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Munich air disaster 1958
Geoff Bent → causeOfDeath → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Geoff Bent → participantIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Walter Crickmer → causeOfDeath → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Walter Crickmer → participantIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ
Albert Scanlon → notableEvent → Munich air disaster ⓘ
David Pegg → causeOfDeath → Munich air disaster ⓘ
David Pegg → participantIn → Munich air disaster ⓘ