News flashback 1958: The Munich air disaster
Simon Mahon
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Tuesday 6 February 2018 marks the 60th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, when a plane carrying Manchester United players crashed while attempting to take off from Munich-Riem airport in Germany.
There were 23 fatalities in the crash and team manager Matt Busby was severely injured. Busby spent months in hospital and was so badly hurt that he was , but he recovered and attended that year's .
The final proved to be one step too far for a depleted Manchester United side, two goals from Nat Lofthouse saw Bolton win.
The tragedy occurred at 3.04pm and the script (pictured below) for that night's News bulletin broadcast on the 主播大秀 Light Programme showed that 23 passengers initially survived. Co-pilot Ken Rayment and star player later died in hospital.
The 主播大秀 has made a about the crash in the past 60 years, including , a drama documentary retelling the story in 2006.
In 2008, to mark the 50th anniversary of the disaster, on 主播大秀 One followed survivor and former Manchester United player Harry Gregg as he returned to the scene of the crash for the first time. The former goalkeeper met the son of a pregnant woman whom he had pulled from the wreckage to safety in 1958.
Despite serious injuries Matt Busby returned to manage Manchester United the following season and built a new team around the Munich survivors. Busby died in 1994 aged 84.