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Munich air disaster

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1958 crash of British European Airways Flight 609

The Airspeed Ambassador G-ALZU, pictured shortly before the accident
Date	6 February 1958; 67 years ago (1958-02-06)
Summary	Runway overrun due to slush on the runway
Site	Munich-Riem Airport, Munich, West Germany 48°07′34″N11°40′40″E / 48.12611°N 11.67778°E / 48.12611; 11.67778
Aircraft type	Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador
Aircraft name	Lord Burghley
Operator	British European Airways
Registration	G-ALZU
Flight origin	Belgrade Airport, Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Stopover	Munich-Riem Airport, Munich, West Germany
Destination	Manchester Airport, Manchester, England, UK
Occupants	44
Passengers	38
Crew	6
Fatalities	23
Injuries	19
Survivors	21

The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off at M

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Munich: How pilot James Thain was scapegoated

In the offices of St Michael’s church, Warfield, there are blank looks. No, they say, they cannot remember anyone asking before.

The name doesn’t immediately ring a bell, but they have a list. Through the black ornate gates, down the path, the gravestone is tucked away to the left.

There is nothing showy about it, no clues on the epitaph. Nobody outside a very small circle would know about its relevance to Manchester United and, tragically, the Munich air disaster.

James Thain was the pilot who crashed the doomed Elizabethan flight off the slush-covered runway of Munich airport on February 6, 1958, with the loss of 23 lives, including eight players from Matt Busby’s team…

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James Nealton Thain (died 1881, aged 59)

Here is some biographical information on James Nealton Thain, taken from local newspaper reports and other contemporary sources:

“A highly respected and worthy family with numerous connections in this province are plunged in deep grief at the sudden death of two of its members within two days of each other. On Saturday morning Capt. John Mount Thain was found dead in his berth on board the barque Princess Royal, which was loading with spars at Burrard Inlet. The body was placed on board the little propeller Lenora and brought to Victoria Sunday for interment. On Saturday Mr. James N. Thain, a younger brother of the forenamed deceased, was struck with paralysis of the brain and died in hospital.

Capt. John M. Thain was a native of St. John, N.B., and formerly commanded seagoing vessels. He came to California in 1850 and to Victoria in 1858. Here, for many years, he bore a prominent part in business affairs and his active, burly figure was one of the most familiar features on Wharf Street in the younger days of this city.

Mr. James N. Tha