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On This day � February 6, 1958, Seven Manchester United footballers die in an air crash in Munich. The British European Airways (BEA) plane caught fire shortly after take off with 38 passengers and six crew on board. The footballing world was shocked at the loss of some of its most talented young player � known as Busby Babes. Their average ages were 24 and they included Roger Brine, the Captain, Mark Jones, Eddie Colman, Tommy Taylor, Liam Whelan, David Pegg and Geoff Bent. The chartered aircraft was bringing the Manchester United entourage back from a European Cup match against Red Star Belgrade in Yugoslavia and had stopped at Munich�s Riem Airport to refuel. On the third attempt to take off, the plane over-shot the runway, hit a house with hits port wing, veered to the right, hit another building and burst into flames.