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The Superga air disaster (also known as the Tragedy of Superga) occurred on 4 May 1949, when a Fiat G.212 of Avio Linee Italiane (Italian Airlines), carrying the entire Torino football team (popularly known as the Grande Torino), crashed into the retaining wall at the back of the Basilica of Superga, which stands on a hill on the outskirts of Turin.
- 4 May 1949
- Controlled flight into terrain due to low visibility
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May 4, 2024 · On May 4, 1949 almost the entire Torino football team was killed in a plane crash. ullstein bild/Getty Images. CNN —. Umberto Motto had always dreamed of playing for Torino FC. He had dreamed of ...
May 4, 2019 · On the 70th anniversary of the tragedy, BBC Sport tells the story of the plane crash that killed Il Grande Torino, one of the greatest teams in Italian football history.
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The plane Lanati was talking about had been carrying almost the entire Torino first team from Lisbon, Portugal where it had been playing a friendly match against Benfica.
May 4, 2022 · One such instance took place in northwest Italy on this day 73 years ago. May 4th, 1949 was the date of the Superga Air Disaster, an accident that wiped out one of the most talented teams of its era. A dominant force in Italian football Italian football team Torino FC has played in the country's top division for most of its history. Today, the ...
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Dec 31, 2020 · Dec 31, 2020 01:20 P.M. The golden age of the Torino soccer club was brought to an end in 1949 following a tragic air crash that killed 22 members of the team and closed the curtain on a remarkable generation of players. Advertisement.
May 3, 2019 · 4 minuti di lettura. Seventy years ago, one of the worst tragedies in the history of Italian sports took place when the entire football team of Turin crashed into the back wall of the Basilica of ...
