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Munich air disaster

1958 aviation accident in West Germany
Event Aviation Accident Q308923
Munich air disaster
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Facts

22 properties
Instance of
aviation accident
Country
West Germany[2]
Location
Munich[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 48.126°, 11.678°
Aircraft registration
G-ALZU[6]
Crew members
James Thain, Kenneth Rayment[23][24]
Depicted by
Munich Air Disaster[26]
Destination point
Manchester Airport[29]
Flight number
BE609[35]
Has cause
runway excursion[22]
Hashtag
MunichAirDisaster1958[33]
Investigated by
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt[31]
Item operated
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador[3]
Number of deaths
+23[25]
Number of injured
+19[27]
Number of survivors
+21[30]
Operator
British European Airways[4]
Participant
Kenneth Rayment, Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, Billy Whelan, Walter Crickmer, Tom Curry, Bert Whalley, Donny Davies, Frank Swift[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Point in time
February 6, 1958[7]
Start point
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport[28]
Vessel
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador[32]
Via
Munich-Riem Airport[34]
🏷️ Also known as
en British European Airways Flight 609 en Munich air disaster ar حادثة ميونخ الجوية ar كارثه ميونخ الجويه ar كارثة ميونخ الجوية cs Mnichovská tragédie da München-ulykken da Mynchen-ulykken da München-katastrofen de Munich Air Disaster de Munich Air Crash de British-European-Airways-Flug 609 el Αεροπορική καταστροφή στο Μόναχο es Desastre aereo de Múnich es Desastre aereo de Munich es Vuelo 609 de British European Airways es Desastre aéreo de Múnich es Desastre aéreo de Munich fa حادثه مونیخ fa فاجعه هوایی مونیخ
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2008001078
Aviation Safety Network accident ID
19580206-0
BBC Things ID
dcfcac36-aca2-4687-8597-26bdf7293ced
Freebase ID
/m/014q95
J9U entity ID
987007539996505171
Topic's main category
Category:Munich air disaster, 1958
Wellcome Collection concept ID
n7espzc2
Yale LUX ID
concept/be02b2c3-e43a-40a3-956b-6582098bb076

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🔗 Connections
Participant 13
Duncan Edwards, Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor, Billy Whelan, Geoff Bent, Eddie Colman, David Pegg, Frank Swift +5 more
← Participant in 2
Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor
Country 1
West Germany
Destination point 1
Manchester
Has cause 1
runway excursion
Instance of 1
aviation accident
Investigated by 1
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt
Item operated 1
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador
Location 1
Munich
Operator 1
British European Airways
Start point 1
Munich
Vessel 1
Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador
Via 1
Munich-Riem Airport
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Victims of the Munich air disaster
← Significant event 1
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Summary

Munich air disaster is an aviation accident[1].

Related Entities

Duncan Edwards Manchester Roger Byrne West Germany

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Class ancestry

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  1. 19w ago · Nehaoua · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start point → Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
    "Removed claim: Start point: Munich"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of deaths → 23
    Country → West Germany
    Point in time → February 6, 1958
    Operator → British European Airways
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007539996505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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