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- With the approach to Turin-Aeritalia Airport affected by the weather conditions, the plane crashed into the side of the Superga hill, killing all 31 people on board. Among the dead were 18 of Torino’s first-team players, its coaches, Italian sports journalists, and flight crew.
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May 13, 2024 · By Daniel May 13, 2024. The story of the 1949 air disaster that killed one of Italy’s greatest ever teams: Stand at the back of Torino’s Curva Maratona, home of La Granata ’s ultras, at the northern end of the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, and you will be faced with a 180-degree revolving window between the present and the past.
May 3, 2024 · On the 4th of May, 1949, tragedy struck that would forever alter the course of Italian football and leave an indelible scar on the national consciousness. The Grande Torino team, returning from a friendly match in Lisbon, was involved in a catastrophic air disaster at the Basilica of Superga, just outside Turin.
May 15, 2024 · While a basilica of this stature and history would perhaps be the definitive feature of most locales, Superga is unfortunately best known for a tragedy — the air disaster of 1949, which wiped out the storied Grande Torino team. On a return flight from Lisbon, Torino touched down in Barcelona for refueling.
May 11, 2024 · On May 4, 1949, almost the entire football team of Torino died in a plane crash. Umberto Motto always dreamed of playing for Torino FC. He dreamed of wearing the team’s brown jersey in front of thousands of fans.
May 3, 2024 · That immortal side and their extraordinary teamwork that turned them into myth represents an important page in the history of Italy”. Gabriele Gravina paid tribute to the memory of the Grande Torino with these words on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the tragedy.
75 years ago today, plane carrying the Torino FC team crashed outside Turin, killing all 31 on board including all the players and coaching staff, during that time they were top of the league with 4 matches remaining and on the request of other teams they were crowned Serie A champion of that season : r/FCInterMilan. r/FCInterMilan. •. MariPetr.
