The crash of a American Airlines Jet This collided with an army helicopter was the last to strike the world of sport in the United States and in the world.
Among the passengers were Several members of the Boston skating club that came from American figure skating championships In Wichita, Kansas. They included adolescent artistic skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, their mothers and two artistic skating coaches of Russian origin much appreciated, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. The 64 people on board were afraid that death.
Plane travel accidents in sports are rare, but they have had devastating impacts on national programs, amateur teams and professional clubs.
A look at some of the plane crash tragedies that hit the world of sport during the decades:
Manchester United football club
On February 6, 1958, a plane carrying the team and the officials of Manchester United crash While trying to take off on a track covered with melting snow in Munich. The team returned from a European Cup game against the Red Belgrade star, and the plane stopped to fill up in Munich. Among the 23 people were killed, there were eight players of men U and three team officials. Among those who survived England Great Bobby Charlton.
American figure skating team
On February 15, 1961, a commercial flight carrying the 18 members of the American figure skating The Prague World Championships team crashed near Brussels airport, killing everyone a board. Six coaches were also on the plane, as well as four team officials and six of the group’s family members.
Wichita State University football
On October 2, 1970, one of the two chartered planes bearing the Wichita State football team in a Utah match crashed near Silver Plume, Colorado. 40 on board, 31 deceased, including 14 players With coaches, boosters, administrators, trainers and three crew members. The NTSB later said that the accident could mainly be attributed to the pilot error.
Marshall University Football
On November 14, 1970, an chartered jet bearing the herd of thunder crashed into the fog and the rain In a hill near an airport near Huntington while the team returned from a match at the East Carolina. The 75 on board were killed, including 36 football players and 39 school administrators, coaches, fans, spouses and flight team.
Uruguay Rugby Club
On October 13, 1972, an chartered flight from the Uruguayan Air Force bearing the former Christian club of Montevideo Uruguay, in Santiago, Chile, crashed in the snowy mountains. The wreckage was not found for two months and only 16 of the 45 people on board survived. Faced with snowstorms, avalanches and famine, survivors awaiting rescue were forced to eat the flesh of those who died, and their test was chronic in books and films.
Basketball from Evansville University
On December 13, 1977, an Air Indiana airplane with the male basketball team at the University of Evansville crashed 90 seconds after takeoff from Evansville airport. The 29 people killed included 14 players and the first year head coach Bobby Watson.
US boxing team
On March 14, 1980, the American amateur boxing team was flying from New York to Poland for international events before the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games when their plane crashed near Warsaw. The 87 on board were killed, including 14 boxers and eight team staff. Two months later, the United States decided to boycott the Olympic Games due to the invasion of the Soviet Union of Afghanistan.
Zambia national football team
On April 28, 1993, a military aircraft carrying the Zambia national football team to a World Cup qualification match crashed in the sea a few minutes after takeoff from Libreville, Zambia. The team was on the way to play in Senegal in the second qualification round for the 1994 World Cup. Eighteen players and five team officials were killed.
Oklahoma State University basketball
On January 27, 2001, a turboprop plane carrying 10 men associated with the Basketball team of the University of Oklahoma State, including the Nate Fleming and Daniel Lawson players, crashed shortly after takeoff De Boulder, Colorado, after the cowboys played at the University of Colorado. Six staff members and team broadcasters were also killed.
Russian ice hockey team
On September 7, 2011, 36 players, coaches and staff of the professional ice hockey team from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl were killed when their plane crashed near Yaroslavl in the center of Russia. Investigators said one of the two pilots accidentally put the wheel brakes during takeoff. Of the 45 people on board, 44 died. The only player who survived the initial accident died later from Burns. A flight engineer was the only survivor.
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The journalists of the Associated Press Dave Skretta in Kansas City, Missouri, Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City and Eric Olson in Omaha, Nebraska contributed.