Torino remembered Manchester United’s Munich air disaster today, knowing the pain well from their own Superga air disaster.
The Munich air disaster occurred on this day in 1958, when an airplane carrying the Manchester United squad crashed whilst attempting to take off from Munich airport. 23 people died as a result, including a number of the famous ‘Busby Babes’. The day is one of the most important in the Red Devils calendar, and is remembered every year.
Torino are one of the few clubs in European football who understand this pain better than any other. On May 4 1949, a plane carrying the entire Grande Torino side crashed into a wall of the Basilica of Superga, in the halls of Turin. All 31 people on board died, decimating one of Italian football’s greatest ever teams.
The Granata commemorate the crash every year, when thousands of Torino fans congregate at the place where the plane crashed to pay their respects.
Our thoughts are with @ManUtd in remembering this terrible tragedy #FlowersOfManchester 🌹 #SFT https://t.co/ngNNWq1NkI
— Torino Football Club (@TorinoFC1906_En) February 6, 2022