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Remembering the Munich Air Disaster: 60 years on

Remembering the Munich Air Disaster: 60 years on
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By Euronews
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Fans, players and staff, past and present, gathered to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the air crash.

Harry Gregg and Sir Bobby Charlton – survivors of the Munich Air Disaster – joined over 4,000 others at a service to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the crash.

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Past players, squad members, staff and fans gathered at Old Trafford to remember a tragedy that stunned Manchester United and the world.

Twenty-three people were killed in the 1958 crash as the squad, passengers, staff members, journalists and crew made their way back from a cup tie in Belgrade.

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