Synopsis
February 6th 1958: nine young members of Matt Busby's brilliant Manchester United football team were among 21 passengers killed when their charter plane crashed on takeoff at Munich.
- Programme: Surviving Disaster
- Episode: Munich Air Crash
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2006
- History
Licence: ERA Licence required
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