Which football club crashed on a plane. The most famous plane crashes that claimed the lives of entire sports teams
On the night of Monday to Tuesday, Moscow time, a plane crash occurred in Colombia near Medellin airport. On board the airliner was brazilian team "Chapecoense" flying to the final match of the Copa Sudamericana with Colombia Atlético Nacional. "SE" provides the main facts of the tragedy.
The plane disappeared from radar screens at 22.15 local time. Later it became known that the plane crashed in Colombia in the province of Antioquia. The flight crew informed dispatchers at Medellin Cordoba airport about a lack of fuel. The flight received emergency landing priority but was unable to land.
On board the plane was 81 people - 72 passengers and 9 crew members. Among the passengers were the Brazilian team Chapecoense, flying to the final match of the Copa Sudamericana with the Colombian Atlético Nacional, coaching staff, technical staff, and journalists.
According to official data, it was discovered 6 survivors, including three football players - defender No, goalkeeper Jackson and defender Alana Ruschela.
One of possible reasons Plane crashes are caused by fuel shortages.
Football club "Chapecoense"(literal translation of the name - Football Association of the city of Chapeco) was founded on May 10, 1973 when the clubs merged "Atlético Chapecoense" And "Independente", five-time Santa Catarina State champion (1977, 1996, 2007, 2011, 2016), two-time Santa Catarina State Cup winner (1979, 2006), Serie B silver medalist (2013), Serie C bronze medalist (2012), bronze medalist series D (2009).
The Avro RJ-85 is a commercial mid-size jet aircraft produced by British Aerospace (UK) from 1983 to 2003. The liner carrying Chapecoense was in operation for 17 years. It is also reported that the same plane transported the Argentina national team to the match with Brazil (0:3) in the 2018 World Cup qualifying tournament.
Brazil has declared three days of mourning, and the state of Santa Catarina has declared 30 days of mourning. The celebration of Christmas and New Year is in question.
Rescuers discovered the "black box" of the crashed plane.
The condition of the survivors is assessed as serious.
Football - "Pass from abroad"
Ex-mentor of CSKA Zico paid tribute to the victims of today's disaster near Medellin by posting a black square on his Instagram. Message legendary football player began with the phrase “I have never lost so many friends.”
Football - "Pass from abroad"
Head coach of Atlético Nacional Reynaldo Rueda said his team flew the plane that crashed today six times.
I deeply regret the loss of all passengers, including the Chapecoense. I especially regret the death of the crew, who were well known to us. We flew with them six times. The last time we flew on this plane was on November 3 from Asuncion, returning from a match with Cerro Porteño. This is all very difficult to accept.
Football - "Pass from abroad"
The Colombian Civil Aviation Department released an official statement regarding the death of the plane carrying the Brazilian Chapecoense. On this moment 75 dead and six survivors are known. All of them were taken to the hospital.
70% of the bodies were found in the fuselage, 30%, including survivors, were found near the aircraft. 150 people were involved in the search operation. The black box has not yet been discovered.
Football - "At Your Own Gate"
Terek expressed its condolences.
Football - "Pass from abroad"
Young Chapecoense fan.
On February 6, 1958, a British European Airways plane carrying players from the English team Manchester United crashed at Munich Airport. On this day, we decided to remember five plane crashes in which athletes died.
In the 40s of the 20th century, the Turin team provided real competition to their city neighbors from Juventus. Moreover, Torino was one of the best Italian teams of the post-war era, especially after winning the national championship three times (1946, 1947, 1948). In total, taking into account the break during the war period, Torino won the Scudetto five times. At the time of the tragedy, the club was again leading the championship by four points.
The tragedy occurred on May 4, 1949, when the team was returning home from Portugal, where they were defeated by Lisbon Benfica with a score of 3:4. On board the Fiat G.212CP aircraft were 18 Torino football players, as well as the club management and several journalists - a total of 31 people. At the same time, in Barcelona, where the plane with the Torino players was landing to refuel, the Turin football players met and talked with their championship rivals - the Milan players.
The plane crashed very close to Torino. Due to heavy fog, the pilots lost orientation in space and crashed into the fence of the Catholic Basilica of Superga, after which the airliner turned sharply, and it high speed fell down. All people on board died. The only surviving Torino player from that period was Lauro Toma, who did not fly with the team to Lisbon due to an injury.
The eminent British club suffered much smaller losses compared to Torino. More than half a century ago, on February 6, 1958, a British European Airways plane carrying players from the English team Manchester United crashed at Munich Airport. On board the airliner were the club's players, Manchester United management, as well as fans and journalists - only 23 out of 44 people.
The plane crash with the Mancunians occurred on the way from Belgrade, where the team played a match against the local Red Star in the Champions League. The plane sat down to refuel in Munich and then tried to take off, but this was prevented by increased vibrations in the left engine. The second attempt also ended in failure. The third attempt to take off was prevented by the onset of snowfall, due to which the airliner lost speed. The left wing of the plane hit a nearby house.
21 people on board died instantly, the rest lost consciousness. Subsequently, the pilot was named as the culprit of the disaster, but ten years after the disaster he was acquitted due to the fact that due to the snowfall that began at the time of the third takeoff, a large amount of snow formed at the end of the runway, which caused the decrease in the speed of the airliner.
USA national team figure skating February 15, 1961
In 1961, 18 of the best U.S. figure skaters were scheduled to compete in the World Championships, which were to be held in Prague. On February 15, the athletes, along with coaches, officials and relatives, boarded the new Boeing 707. The plane took off from Kennedy Airport to Brussels, where the US team had a transfer to Prague.
A few hours later, the airliner crashed in a wooded area near the village of Berg, near the Belgian capital. All 72 people on board were killed, as well as one person on the ground. The 1961 World Championships in Prague were cancelled. Among the victims of the tragedy were Maribel Vinson-Owen, the coach of the American team, and her daughters Lawrence and Maribel, members of the US figure skating team.
Investigators found no signs of problems on board. Why, at an altitude of less than 300 meters, the Boeing engines suddenly increased power and the already extended landing gear retracted back is still unknown. The plane crash dealt a heavy blow to American figure skating; only in 1968 did new champions emerge in the United States.
In Soviet times, Pakhtakor was an extremely strong team in the All-Union Championship. However, on August 11, 1979, events occurred that are written in black letters in the history of the club. The Tu-134 plane, in which the team was flying to Minsk for the next USSR championship match with Dynamo Minsk, collided with a similar plane at an altitude of 8400 meters above the Ukrainian Dneprodzerzhinsk. One of the planes was heading from Chelyabinsk to Chisinau, the other from Tashkent to Minsk.
All 178 people on both planes died (94 in the Moldavian and 84 in the Belarusian). Among the dead were 17 Pakhtakor players.
Despite the tragedy, the Soviet leadership decided to help the team by transferring players from other clubs, as well as maintaining a “registration” in the USSR Major League, regardless of performance results, for a period of three years.
On September 7, 2011, a Yak-42 plane took off from Tunoshna airport, with Lokomotiv HC players on board. They were heading to the capital of Belarus, where the next day a game was scheduled with the local Dynamo. This was supposed to be the first match of the Yaroslavl team in the 2011-2012 Kontinental Hockey League season.
During takeoff, the airliner was unable to gain a safe altitude, crashed into the antenna of a lighthouse located behind the runway, and fell near the airport. There were 45 people on board the plane, of whom only crew member Alexander Sizov survived. Doctors fought for several days for the life of hockey player Alexander Galimov, who miraculously escaped from the rubble, but his injuries were initially incompatible with life.
Immediately after the plane crash, the KHL management suspended the championship for several days; no one thought about the further fate of the team at that moment. Soon it was decided that Lokomotiv would return to the KHL only in the 2012/13 season, and current season the team will miss.
Later, the IAC named the direct cause of the disaster as involuntary pressing of the brake pedals during the take-off run of the aircraft, made by the aircraft commander or co-pilot. It was not possible to determine which of them made the fatal mistake.
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 Not far from 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, resulting in the death of 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 the F‑27 aircraft, the entire crew died football team"Alliance". 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 (165 passengers and 13 crew members) from Uzbekistan, which was playing in the major league at that time, were killed. 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 a friendly match in Spain.
November 14, 1970 In Virginia (USA), 37 players of the Marshall University (Huntington, West Virginia) American football team died in a plane crash. 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 died (including the youth volleyball team) and crew members.
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). The 1961 World Figure Skating Championships were canceled as a sign of mourning 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 approach 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, a doctor and a massage therapist.
May 4, 1949 As a result of a plane crash near Turin (Italy), the entire team of the Torino football club and everyone else on board the plane (including journalists, officials, trainer). 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
A team of legends and guys from our backyard. What was that Lokomotiv like?
They could have brought the cup to Yaroslavl.
September 7, 2011 occurred terrible tragedy. On the banks of the Tunoshonka River, a plane carrying the Lokomotiv team, which was going to the first match of the season against Dynamo Minsk, crashed. Today we remember how events unfolded on that dark day in world sports.
September 7
15:58 (Moscow time). The plane began its takeoff run along the runway of the Yaroslavl Tunoshna airport. The aircraft rolled off the runway, but the flight lasted only a few seconds - the airliner had just begun to gain altitude when it collided with a radio beacon, after which it crashed into the ground on the bank of the Tunoshonka River.
16:30. The Yaroslavl news portal “Yarnovosti” was one of the first to report that a Yak-42 plane carrying the main squad of Lokomotiv, flying to Minsk for a match with the local Dynamo, crashed during takeoff at Tunoshna airport. There were a total of 45 people on board; early media reports spoke of only one survivor. As eyewitnesses reported, the plane turned into a pile of charred iron.
17:00. As a result of the plane crash near Yaroslavl, 36 people were killed and 1 was injured, RBC reported, citing a source in the Federal Air Transport Agency. Later it was clarified that 44 people died (36 passengers and 8 crew members).
17:22. TASS reported that three people survived the plane crash near Yaroslavl. The condition of the victims was assessed as serious. Later it became known that only two were hospitalized - an aviation and radio maintenance engineer Alexander Sizov and hockey player Alexander Galimov.
17:29. In Ufa at these very minutes the opening match of a new KHL season between Salavat Yulaev and Atlant. At the 17th minute of the first period the game was stopped and the KHL President came onto the ice Alexander Medvedev.
“We had a terrible tragedy today. While taking off from Yaroslavl for a match with Dynamo Minsk, a plane carrying players, coaches and administrators of the Lokomotiv team crashed. According to the data available now, out of 37 people, one survived. I propose to honor the memory of the victims with a minute of silence...” said Alexander Ivanovich in a trembling voice, barely holding back tears.
After 15 minutes, the KHL President again spoke to the audience and announced the cancellation of the match.
17:35. A criminal case has been opened regarding the plane crash near Yaroslavl. Search and rescue operations continue at the crash site.
17:45. Chief physician of the hospital named after. Solovyov Alexander Degtyarev reported that two survivors had been transported to his facility. This is the striker hockey club“Lokomotiv” Alexander Galimov and aircraft technician Alexander Sizov.
18.00. The first photo from the plane crash site appeared in the press.
18:03. The cause of the crash of the Yak-42, in which the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv players were located, has been named. As ITAR-TASS reported with reference to the Federal Air Transport Agency, the plane was unable to gain a safe altitude during takeoff and collided with the lighthouse antenna. After the collision, the plane broke into pieces and fell.
18:18. There is still no complete data on the dead. According to unconfirmed information, the defender of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ruslan Salei was not with the team on board the Yak-42 aircraft. Presumably the hockey player was waiting for the team in Minsk. A few hours later it became known that Salei flew to the match with the team.
19:00 . Yaroslavl media reported that forward Alexander Galimov underwent surgery and 80 percent of his body was burned.
20:00. Lokomotiv fans gathered to honor the memory of the club's fallen players. About three thousand people came to Arena 2000. Many came with flowers and paraphernalia of their favorite team. On the streets of Yaroslavl you can see cars with flags and symbols of Lokomotiv. Some fans lit candles.
In addition, about 50 fans came directly to the site of the team’s death near the Yaroslavl airport. In memory of the dead hockey players, fans rang the bells of the church, which was located not far from the site of the plane crash.
“Before departure, the aircraft underwent an operational inspection form, all the main systems of the aircraft were checked, and no comments were identified. All the aircraft’s engines were serviceable and in serviceable condition,” the source noted.
According to the department, the plane had a valid airworthiness certificate.
8 September
9:00. The condition of striker Alexander Galimov and pilot Alexander Sizov, who survived the plane crash, has not changed. “Both are still serious,” said the resuscitation officer on duty.
9:30 . Captain of the Washington Alexander Ovechkin asked all those who sympathize with the death of the Lokomotiv team in a plane crash to mentally support striker Alexander Galimov, who continues to fight for his life in intensive care.
“Sashka Galimov, you must live! Hold on! We are all with you!!! We are praying for you! All our thoughts and strength should be with Alexander Galimov! Let’s all do it together,” Ovechkin wrote on his Twitter.
10:00. The KHL management decided to suspend the championship due to the plane crash. The tournament was resumed on September 12.
14:00. Attack Maxim Zyuzyakin told why he did not fly with Lokomotiv to the opening match of the season in Minsk.
“The previous day before the flight, I was told that I was staying in Yaroslavl. I was preparing to leave for Minsk, the squad was determined, I trained during the day, and in the evening, the day before departure, they called me and said that it was better for me to stay here and play a game (with the Loko youth team).
I don’t consider myself lucky - I have other thoughts now. I don't have any plans right now before the funeral. I became a tragic hero. Parents worry about their children's relatives - this is a loss. When they found out about the tragedy, they started hugging me, thanks to the coach that this happened,” said Zyuzyakin, who now plays in the VHL for Rubin Tyumen.
18:00. The official website of Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, which stopped working on Wednesday due to the plane crash, resumed its work on Thursday. The site began to work in “memory book” mode, where every fan could leave a message with words of support.
10 September
About 100 thousand people came to say goodbye to the Lokomotiv players who died in the plane crash. After the farewell ceremony was over, people did not leave. On the square in front of Arena 2000, they applauded and shouted “Loko! Loco! Loco!”, locomotive whistles sounded from the speakers.
President of Yaroslavl Lokomotiv Yuri Yakovlev stated that the team will not participate in the current KHL Championship.
“Our first task is to take care of the loved ones and families of the victims. The second task is to restore a team of the appropriate level. We have decided that the team will start playing in the KHL next season,” Yakovlev said.
The health condition of Alexander Galimov, who survived the plane crash, remains extremely serious, but stable.
12-th of September
Galimov died in the hospital. “On the morning of September 12, despite ongoing therapy using all possible modern treatment methods, Alexander Galimov died from burns incompatible with life at the burn center of the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery,” the administration of the Vishnevsky Research Institute said in a statement.
Thus, the only survivor of the plane crash was flight mechanic Alexander Sizov.
September 14
Galimov's funeral took place in Yaroslavl. All my sports career Alexander spent his time at his native club.
October 13
The NHL regular season match between Washington and Pittsburgh was dedicated to those killed in the plane crash. Before the start of the match Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Mario Lemieux held a symbolic face-off. Players from both teams wore jerseys with commemorative patches, which were sold at a charity auction; bracelets with the inscription “Love for Lokomotiv” were also sold at the match. All proceeds went to help the families of the victims.
October 16
On the 40th day of the tragedy, a memorial ceremony was held at Arena 2000, which was attended by about 6,000 people.
November 2
The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) published the final report of the investigation into the crash. According to the commission's findings, the immediate cause of the crash was the erroneous actions of the aircraft commander or co-pilot, who involuntarily pressed the brake pedals during the take-off run.
The IAC also notes that traces of phenobarbital were found in the co-pilot’s body, which has an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system. nervous system. Pilots taking this drug are not allowed to fly.
September 7, 2013
Near Yaroslavl sports complex"Arena-2000" the memorial "Hockey Brotherhood" was opened.
Every year on September 7th we all mentally travel back to 2011. We look at photographs of dead hockey players and coaches, read their latest interviews. Six years have passed, but the pain has not gone away. A lump forms in my throat, and tears well up in my eyes. We will never forget the team that left so tragically. Eternal memory to those killed in the plane crash.
Torino was the strongest club in Italy and one of the best in Europe. The team was returning from Lisbon, where they played Benfica. The disaster occurred near Turin, everyone on board, including the crew, died, including 18 football players.
Torino has not yet recovered from the consequences of this tragedy. For more than 60 years, the club has won the championship only once and won the Italian Cup twice, while spending 11 seasons in Serie B.
"Manchester United"
- Date: February 6, 1958.
- Number of deaths: 23 people.
Matt Busby's legendary team were returning from Belgrade from the second leg of the Champions Cup quarter-final against Red Star. The plane landed to refuel in Munich and then tried to take off, but two attempts were unsuccessful.
However, a third attempt was made, during which the plane left the runway at speed and crashed into a house. As a result of the impact and the resulting fire, 23 people died, including 8 “Busby babies.”
"Pakhtakor"
- Date: August 11, 1979.
- Number of deaths: 178 people.
A terrible disaster occurred over Dneprodzerzhinsk (now Kamenskoye) in the Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine. The large number of victims is explained by the fact that two TU-134 aircraft collided in the sky.
Among the dead were 14 Pakhtakor players, a doctor, an administrator and the team’s second coach, who were flying to Minsk for a championship match. After the tragedy, the Uzbek club received reinforcements from other teams, and the USSR Football Federation “insured” Pakhtakor against relegation from the major league for three years.
"Alianza Lima"
- Date: December 7, 1987.
- Number of deaths: 43 people.
The team of one of the most famous football clubs died under mysterious circumstances - for unknown reasons, the plane broke up during a flight at sea. The only survivor, the pilot of the aircraft, did not help clarify the causes of the tragedy.
As a result, Alianza Lima ended the championship with a youth team, since the entire base flew on that ill-fated flight.
Dutch from Suriname
- Date: June 7, 1989.
- Number of deaths: 176 people.
These guys played in different clubs and went to their historical homeland in order to take part in a local tournament as a kind of hodgepodge - a kind of tribute to the land of their ancestors. In total there were 23 players on the team.
Due to an error by the pilots during landing, the plane hit a tree with its wing. Only 11 people survived, but there were no football players among them. And they were supposed to fly to this tournament, but the clubs didn’t let them go at the last moment.
Zambia national team
- Date: April 27, 1993.
- Number of deaths: 26 people.
The Zambian team flew to qualifying match World Cup 1994, and the flight was organized by the country's air force. During the flight, the engine caught fire and the plane crashed into the water.
There were no survivors of this disaster; among the dead were 18 national team players, two coaches, the president football federation and 5 crew members.
Chapecoense
- Date: November 28, 2016.
- Number of deaths: 86 people.
The Brazilian team was flying to Colombia for the first match of the Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Nacional. While approaching Medellin airport, the plane crashed into a mountain. Only six people survived the disaster, one of whom, goalkeeper Danilo, later died in hospital.
At the suggestion of Atlético Nacional, COMNEBOL declared Chapecoense winners of the Copa Sudamericana.
The last two tragedies are separated by almost a quarter of a century. May the next break be eternal.
