2nd February 2008, 16:57
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Captain Rio 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Greater Manchester, Broughton Park - Salford
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Manchester United vs Manchester City
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Barclays Premier League
Old Trafford
Sunday, 10 February 2008
KO - 13:30 GMT
Live coverage 
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50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster
The Munich air disaster took place on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to takeoff from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the Busby Babes, along with a number of supporters and journalists. Twenty-three of the 44 passengers on board the aircraft died in the disaster.
Victims And Survivors
Victims
Manchester United players
Geoff Bent
Roger Byrne
Eddie Colman
Duncan Edwards (survived the crash but died in hospital 15 days later)
Mark Jones
David Pegg
Tommy Taylor
Liam 'Billy' Whelan
Other victims
Walter Crickmer - Club secretary
Bert Whalley - Chief coach
Tom Curry - Trainer
Alf Clarke - Journalist, Manchester Evening Chronicle
Don Davies - Journalist, Manchester Guardian
George Follows - Journalist, Daily Herald
Tom Jackson - Journalist, Manchester Evening News
Archie Ledbrooke - Journalist, Daily Mirror
Henry Rose - Journalist, Daily Express
Eric Thompson - Journalist, Daily Mail
Frank Swift - Journalist, News of the World (also former England and Manchester City goalkeeper)
Captain Kenneth "Ken" Rayment - British co-pilot who survived the crash but suffered multiple injuries and died three weeks later as a result of brain damage. He was one of two people who died in hospital after being injured in the crash.
Bela Miklos - Travel agent
Willie Satinoff - Supporter, racecourse owner and close friend of Matt Busby
Tom Cable - Steward
Survivors
Manchester United players
Johnny Berry (died in 1994)
Jackie Blanchflower (died in 1998)
Dennis Viollet (died in 1999)
Ray Wood (died in 2002)
Still Alive
Bobby Charlton
Bill Foulkes
Harry Gregg
Kenny Morgans
Albert Scanlon
Other survivors
Matt Busby - Team manager (died in 1994)
Frank Taylor - Journalist (died in 2002)
James Thain - Captain (died in 1975)
George (Bill) Rodgers - Radio officer (death date unknown)
Peter Howard - Photographer (died in 1996)
Ted Ellyard - Photographer
Vera Lukić and baby daughter Venona - Passengers (saved by Manchester United player Harry Gregg) and unborn son.
Mrs Miklos - Wife of Bela Miklos, the travel agent that arranged trip and died in the crash
N Tomašević - Passenger
Rosemary Cheverton - Stewardess
Margaret Bellis - Stewardess
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