On September 7, 2011, a Yak-42 aircraft of Yak Service airlines crashed during takeoff from Tunoshna airport in the Yaroslavl region. On board the plane was hockey team"Lokomotiv" (Yaroslavl), which flew to the match in Minsk. According to preliminary data, there were people on board.
July 15, 2009 In the north-west of Iran, a Tu-154M plane of the Iranian airline Caspian Airlines crashed while flying from Tehran to Yerevan. On board the plane was the Iranian youth judo team. The athletes flew to Armenia for training and then had to fly to Hungary to participate in competitions. All 168 people on this flight died.
August 24, 2008 A Boeing 737 plane, en route from Bishkek to Tehran, crashed in Kyrgyzstan. There were 90 people on board the plane, including 17 members of the Iranian youth volleyball team. Ten of them died. 25 passengers and crew members managed to escape.
April 27, 1993 Near Gabon (Africa), a DHC-5 Buffalo plane carrying members of the Zambian football team crashed into the sea as a result of engine failure. A total of 30 people died, including 18 football players.
June 7, 1989 at the airport of the capital of Suriname Paramaribo ( South America) a DC-8-60 series plane crashed, killing 23 Dutch football players of Surinamese origin who were on board the crashed plane. A total of 176 people (out of 187 passengers and crew) were killed.
December 8, 1987 near the city of Lima (Peru) as a result of explosions on board an F‑27 aircraft in in full force The Alliance football team died. The bodies of the victims could not be found because the plane crashed into the sea. It is known that there were 43 people on the plane.
March 14, 1980 In the plane crash of a Polish IL-62 plane near Warsaw (Poland), 22 members of the US national boxing team were killed.
August 11, 1979 over the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk (Ukraine), a Tu-134 plane flying from Tashkent to Minsk collided with a plane flying from Chelyabinsk to Chisinau. 178 people died (165 passengers and 13 crew members), from Uzbekistan, which was competing in the major league. The team flew to Minsk to play with local Dynamo.
November 29, 1975 Formula 1 racing team Embassy Racing with Graham Hill, pilot Graham Hill, died in a plane crash. The six-seater Piper Aztec plane, on which the team was returning from racing in France to London, crashed and burned during landing.
October 13, 1972 In the Andes, on the way to the capital of Chile, Santiago, part of the rugby team from Montevideo (Uruguay) died in a plane crash.
In total, there were 45 people on board the FH-227 aircraft, 16 of whom survived.
December 31, 1970 in a plane crash, the entire amateur football team from Algeria, Air Liquid, was killed on its way to friendly match to Spain.
November 14, 1970 In Virginia (USA), 37 players from the Marshall University team (Huntington, West Virginia) were killed in a plane crash. American football. In addition to the athletes, there were members on board the plane coaching staff, fans, as well as the head of the sports department (75 people in total). No one survived.
April 1, 1970 An An-24 passenger plane crashed near Krasnoyarsk. All passengers (including the youth volleyball team) and crew members were killed.
September 26, 1969 In the Andes, on the way to La Paz (Bolivia), a plane carrying 25 players from the Bolivian football team Strongest crashed. 19 football players and club leaders were killed.
April 3, 1961 A Douglas C‑47A plane crashed in the Cordilleras (Chile). As a result of the disaster, everyone on board died - the Chilean football team "Green Cross" and crew members (24 people).
February 15, 1961 While landing in Belgium, a Sabena Boeing 707 crashed while flying on the New York-Brussels route. All 72 people on board, as well as one person on the ground, were killed. The disaster killed the US figure skating team (34 athletes and coaches), which was heading to the World Championships in Prague (Czechoslovakia). World Championship figure skating 1961 was canceled as a sign of grief for the victims.
February 6, 1958 At Munich Airport (Germany), a plane carrying football players from the English team Manchester United crashed while trying to take off. A total of 23 people on board died, including 8 athletes, a coach, a team secretary, one of the directors of Manchester United and eight sports correspondents.
January 5, 1950 During the third landing in difficult weather conditions, a Li-2 plane crashed in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). 8 hockey players of the USSR Air Force team died, as well as a coach, doctor and massage therapist.
May 4, 1949 As a result of a plane crash near Turin (Italy), the entire team died football club"Torino" and everyone else on board the plane (including journalists, officials, coach). A total of 31 people died.
November 18, 1948 In a plane crash over the English Channel, 6 leading hockey players of the Czechoslovak national team (goalkeeper, defenders and forwards) were killed.
The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources
In the 40s of the last century, it was not Juventus that was the main club in Turin, but the team of the same name with the city, which won five national titles from 1942 to 1949. And a dozen team members were national team players.
On May 4, 1949, the Italian champions were returning from a friendly match against Benfica in Portugal on a three-engine Fiat plane. The plane was forced to land in Barcelona to refuel. Here at the airport the players met their colleagues from Milan, who were flying to Madrid for a match with. They were the last to see the Turin people alive.
The plane had almost reached its arrival point, but a few kilometers before Turin it entered a dense fog. The pilot became disorientated, but decided to land the plane based on his own instincts. Having descended, the plane caught the fence of the Basilica of Superga with its left wing, instantly lost control and crashed into the ground at high speed.
At that time, there were 18 team members on board the plane, led by team captain Valentino Mazzola, several journalists, officials and English coach Leslie Livesey. The only player missing was Lauro Tom, who remained at home due to injury.
None of those on the plane survived.
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The Busby Babes are a legendary Manchester United squad led by a great coach. A year before the disaster, the team became the champion of England and was the first to take part in the European Champions Cup.
On that fateful day, February 6, 1958, the team was on a British Airways charter flight from Belgrade to Manchester returning from a Champions Cup quarter-final match against Red Star. Refueling was required, and the pilot decided to carry it out at Munich airport.
While trying to take off, the plane unexpectedly developed engine problems, however, not wanting to fall behind schedule, the pilots decided to try again. Snow stuck on the runway did not allow the plane to gain the required altitude, and, despite a desperate attempt to lift the ship off the ground, the pilots were unable to gain the required altitude - at a speed of 200 km/h, the plane broke through the airport fence and crashed into a neighboring house.
None of the residents of the house were injured, but of the 44 people on board, 23 were killed and another 19 were injured. For three members of the coaching staff and seven football players, this flight was the last.
Among the survivors was - later a legend English football, world champion and winner of the 1966 Ballon d'Or.
Denmark second team
Eight football players from the second Danish national team died in a plane crash upon landing at the airport in the small Danish city of Oresund, near Copenhagen. They were flying to prepare national team for the Olympic football tournament in Rome.
Despite what happened, the Danish Football Union decided not to refuse to participate in the tournament.
"Green Cross"
The entire team of the first division of the Chilean championship crashed in the Cordillera when returning from Osorio. 24 people died.
"Strongest"
Most popular club crashed in the Andes on September 26, 1969 while returning to La Paz. 19 players and club managers were killed.
Air Liquid
The entire team, flying to a friendly match in Spain, died in a plane crash.
"Pakhtakor"
Perhaps one of the most famous and terrible disasters in the history of Soviet aviation. On that fateful day, two Tu-134 passenger planes collided over Dneprodzerzhinsk due to the fault of air traffic controllers. There is also a version about a training missile hit.
Pakhtakor football players were flying on a regular flight from Tashkent to Minsk for a match with local Dynamo. The second aircraft was flying Voronezh - Chisinau.
The airliners collided in the air. The plane carrying the crew lost its tail, part of its right wing and one of its engines. The pilot tried to make an emergency landing, but at an altitude of 4000 m he entered a steep dive and crashed to the ground.
"Alianza Lima"
A plane carrying 43 players, team managers and fans while returning home after a Chilean championship match crashed into the sea 6 miles north of the country's capital, Lima.
Zambia national team
In April 1993, the Zambian team flew to qualifying match for the World Cup against the Senegal team. The plane crashed into the sea off the coast of Gabon.
Chapecoense
On November 29, a plane carrying the Brazilian football team Chapecoense crashed in Colombia on their way to the first final match of the Copa Sudamericana against the local Atlético Nacional. The cause of the accident was a collision with a rock. There were 27 club players on board, and in total there were 81 people on the plane.
As of 16:00 Moscow time, the number of victims was 76 people.
The head of Brazil expressed his condolences to the President Russian Federation, reports the official website of the Kremlin.
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On August 11, flights were controlled by dispatchers from the Kharkov Center unified system traffic control Vladimir Sumskoy, who had previously worked as a dispatcher for 4 years, as well as 20-year-old Nikolai Zhukovsky (worked for only 2.5 months). The dispatchers were supervised by Sergei Sergeev. It is unknown for what reasons, he was distracted from work and appointed Zhukovsky, who did not have sufficient experience, as senior. Also that day there was a controller of dispatchers - Tomilov, but he removed himself from direct responsibilities. Coincidentally, that day two more planes were flying - one with a high-ranking leader who was flying abroad, the other with the leader of the Mongolian communists who was flying to see Brezhnev in Crimea, so several heights were simply blocked. The Kharkov zone, both once and now, is one of the most difficult. On August 11, dispatchers simultaneously kept 12 aircraft in touch, but according to instructions there should not be more than 10.
It so happened that two planes were flying at the same time. Zhukovsky calculating the time during which each of the planes must pass the estimated intersection point. The dispatcher incorrectly calculated the distance and gave the order to the Tashkent board to occupy a flight level of 8400 meters. Due to incorrect calculations, both sides ended up in the same corridor. No one checked the command given, and Zhukovsky himself did not recalculate his calculations twice. Only four minutes before the tragedy, Sumskoy realized that there were inaccuracies in the calculations. He rushed to correct the situation, but everything was complicated by the appearance of a third Il-62 aircraft, which was flying at a flight level of 9000 meters. Sumskoy ordered the IL-62 to clear this corridor, and directed the Tashkent flight there. Through interference last command The dispatcher didn't understand. But he took IL-62 personally and changed the route towards the 8400 meter level. Sumskoy, believing that the Tashkent flight had answered him, turned off radio communications altogether. He was not convinced of the call signs, did not demand a repeat of the answer, and this was his fatal mistake.
Year: 1949
Dead: 31 people
Survivors: No
In the forties, the Turin "bulls" were the strongest club Italy and one of the strongest in Europe. From 1942 to 1949, Grande Torino was the undisputed champion of Serie A, if you do not take into account the 1944 tournament, which was not recognized as official. At the time of the tragedy, 10 players of the national team were playing in the “burgundy” squad, including the captain of the “Azzurra squad” V. Mazzola.
On May 4, 1949, the team was returning home after a friendly game with Benfica, which took place in the capital of Portugal. After taking off from Lisbon, the plane with the players on board landed in Barcelona to replenish its fuel supply. In the capital of Catalonia, Torino players met with Milan players who were heading to Madrid, and as it turned out later, the Rossoneri representatives were the last to see the Burgundy ones alive. On approach to the destination, due to increased fog, the pilot lost control of the aircraft and descended below the permissible limit, which is why the left wing touched the basilica built on a hill. As a result of this contact, the aircraft turned around and high speed the side crashed into the ground. Of the 28 passengers (18 football players) and 4 crew members, none survived.
This tragedy had a major impact on Italian football. It took the Italian national team almost two decades to return to the elite of European football, and Torino forever lost its status as a top club.
Manchester United
Year: 1958
Dead: 23 people
Survivors: 21 people
Having won the English Championship in 1956, Manchester United, with the help of their coach Matt Busby, achieved permission to participate in the Champions Cup and became the first English club to play in a major European Cup. In the 1956/57 season, the Mancunians reached the semi-finals of the Championship, and again won gold in the English Championship. The next season also started successfully for Manchester United. Busby's team was in a leading position in the domestic championship, and reached the quarterfinals in the CC.
In the quarter finals of CC 57/58, Manchester United had to play a two-game duel with Red Star. The first meeting took place on January 14 in England and the Mancunians won it with a score of 2:1. The return game took place on February 5 in Belgrade and the match ended in a productive draw with a score of 3:3, which brought Busby's charges to the second semi-final of the CC in a row.
Returning from Belgrade, the plane with the crew on board landed in Munich for refueling. Having replenished fuel supplies, the plane was supposed to immediately fly to Manchester, but the takeoff was canceled due to engine problems. By that time, it was snowing heavily and visibility had decreased, but the ship’s commander decided to make another takeoff attempt, despite the existing problems. Having reached the runway, the plane with Manchester United on board accelerated to a speed of 217 km/h, at which it was no longer possible to cancel the takeoff, but the pilots were unable to lift the car into the air. Having left the runway, the plane rammed the runway fence at high speed and crashed into a residential building. The crash killed 8 football players, three members of the coaching staff and ten other passengers. Among the survivors were club coach Busby and striker Bobby Charlton, as well as other football players.
Despite the death of eight players and injuries received by the rest of the team, Manchester United was able to finish the season and took second place in the English Championship, and the Mancunians lost to Milan in the semi-finals of the Championship. 10 years after the tragedy in Munich, Busby will lead Manchester United to their first European club champion title, and Charlton, playing under his leadership, will receive the Golden Ball.
Danish Olympic team
Year: 1960
Dead: 23 people
Survivors: 21 people
In 1960, summer events were held in Rome Olympic Games, and the Danish team was one of the participants in the Olympic football tournament. On July 16, eight members of the Danish Olympic team took off from Copenhagen in a small Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide, flown by 27-year-old pilot Stig Vindelev. A few minutes after takeoff, the pilot lost the horizon in poor visibility conditions and the plane crashed into the water 50 meters from the shore near the city of Oresund.
Among the survivors were only pilot Vindelev and 21-year-old goalkeeper Per Funk Jensen, but the latter died on the way to the hospital. As a result of the disaster, Vindelev lost his leg and never sat at the controls of an airplane again, becoming a physics teacher and inventor.
Immediately after the plane crash, the Danish Football Association decided to withdraw its team from the 1960 Olympic Games, but then this decision was reversed and the Danish team won silver at the Olympics.
Year: 1961
Dead: 24 people
Survivors: No
In the spring of 1961, Chilean football lost the Green Cross team. On April 3, a Douglas C 47A carrying the club's football players and coaches took off from the city of Castro for Santiago, crashed in the Cordillera, killing all 24 people on board. The wreckage of the plane that crashed in Chile was found only in 2015. The search expedition discovered only part of the plane, which by that time was covered with a layer of earth and was not visible from the air.
Year: 1969
Dead: 74 people
Survivors: No
In 1969, the Bolivian club Strongest was returning to La Paz from the city of Santa Cruz, where an international friendly tournament was being held. The team was on board a Douglas DC-6B aircraft, which, including the players and coaches, carried 69 passengers. On September 26 at 14:10 local time, despite heavy snowfall, the plane left Santa Cruz airport and headed towards the Andes. 2 hours and 20 minutes after takeoff, the plane stopped communicating, after which a search operation was announced. The wreckage of the plane was discovered on the same day by a group of miners from the small village of Violko and a rescue team headed to the crash site. Upon arrival, rescuers discovered that of the 74 people on board, there were no survivors.
Based on the results of the examination, it was determined that the cause of the tragedy could have been a fire. The pilots tried to make an emergency landing, but due to poor visibility caused by smoke and heavy snowfall, they crashed into the side of a mountain.
Afterwards, rescuers are working with the Brazilian football team Chapecoense on board at the scene of the tragedy, to whose aid the authorities sent the country's army. Military helicopters are helping to urgently transport plane crash survivors to hospitals.
The rescue operation at the scene of the tragedy is complicated by weather conditions and very poor visibility. There is information that the crew drained almost all the fuel during the flight - this allowed the death of all passengers.
Also, several players of the Chapecoense team managed to avoid tragedy, as they did not fly with the team to the game. Among them are midfielder Alejandro Martinucchio, defender Rafael Ramos de Lima, midfielder Odair Souza (Nenem), defender Demerson Bruno Costa, goalkeeper Marcelo Boek, midfielder Andrei Alba, midfielder Hioran Dalmoro, midfielder Ribeiro Santos Moises and goalkeeper Jose Nivaldo Martins Constante.
On at the moment It is known that the list of passengers who survived the plane crash in Colombia included Alan Ruschel, who suffered a hip fracture and an open head wound, flight attendant Jimena Suarez and Chapecoense goalkeeper Danilo Marcos, who is conscious and has already contacted his relatives by phone.
It is known that the survivors of the plane crash in Colombia, defender of the Chapecoense football club Alan Ruschel and goalkeeper Marcos Danilo were sitting next to each other on board the plane.
The list of surviving passengers from the crashed airliner in Colombia included the goalkeeper of the Chapecoense football club, Jackson Vollmann.
During the search operation at the crash site passenger plane Another passenger was rescued in Colombia. Journalist Rafael Enzel has joined the list of survivors of the plane crash in Colombia. The media representative was urgently hospitalized - he received multiple wounds and bruises, and the journalist was diagnosed with broken ribs.
Colombian police have already confirmed the deaths of 75 passengers from the crashed airliner in Colombia. The official list of survivors of the Colombia plane crash currently includes only five names:
- Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel
- goalkeeper Marcos Danilo
- goalkeeper Jackson Vollmann
- Flight attendant Ximena Suarez
- Brazilian journalist Rafael Enzel
Chapecoense defender Alan Ruschel, who survived the plane crash in Colombia, showed a video from the cabin of the crashed Lamia airline plane, in which he recorded moments of the flight and shared his experiences with fans about the upcoming final match in Colombia for the Copa Sudamericana. Video from the crashed airliner appeared on the Internet during the technical shutdown of the aircraft in Bolivia.
Brazilian Chapecoense football player Philip José Machado, who is currently on the list of those killed in the plane crash in Colombia, also published a video from the cabin shortly before the crash of the Lamia airliner.
It should be added that the players of the Colombian Atlético Nacional team and athletes of the Argentine national team were previously transported on the crashed plane in the province of Antioquia. Latin American media claim that the albiceleste used this plane more than once.
At the same time, the British tabloid The Daily Mail claims that brazilian team Chapecoense was scheduled to fly to Medellin on a different aircraft. According to the source, local aviation authorities changed the flight plane for the athletes literally at the last moment.
Search and rescue operations at the site of the Lamia airline plane crash continue. Appeared on the Internet latest video from the scene of the tragedy. The footage clearly shows that emergency workers, with the help of representatives of the Colombian army, despite heavy rain, are actively continuing to search for survivors and dead passengers plane that crashed in Colombia.
A list of passengers flying on board the crashed Lamia airliner appeared on the official page of the Civil Aviation Authority in Colombia. It included the names and dates of birth of the players Brazilian club Chapecoense and the 22 journalists accompanying them.
The published list of passengers flying on board the Lamia Airlines plane that crashed in Colombia includes the son of the ex-CSKA coach, Anderson Paixau. It is reported that he is part of the headquarters of the Chapecoense football club.
According to Argentine journalists, Chapecoense defender Helio Zampier Neto has been added to the list of surviving passengers in the plane crash in Colombia. Information about the sixth survivor of the Lamia airliner crash was also confirmed by the Colombian radio station Radio Caracol.
Chapecoense defender Helio Zampier Neto | social networks
According to the latest information from RT in Russian, citing reliable sources, one of the injured passengers in the plane crash in Colombia died on the way to the hospital. This information was confirmed by the head of the police of the Colombian city of Medellin, Jose Acevedo, who did not name the deceased.
Information is being updated.
