Name: Mayday
Genre: Documentary

Mayday Episode 11.05 Munich Air Disaster (British European Airways Flight 609)

Mayday Episode 11.05 Munich Air Disaster (British European Airways Flight 609)

Episode Premiere

December 29, 2011

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Cineflix Productions

Official Site

http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday

Information

Episode Premiere

December 29, 2011

Genre

Documentary

Period

2003 -

Production Co

Cineflix Productions

Distributor

Official Site

http://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Mayday

Cast and Crew

Director

James Hyslop

Screenwriter

Gary Lang

Main Cast

Stephen Bogaert

Additional Cast

Paul Essiembre
Alex Poch-Goldin
Gareth Moyse
John Nelles
Bruce Hunter

Synopsis

On 6 February 1958, British European Airways Flight 609, carrying members of the famed Manchester United association football team, club officials and journalists, crashes into a house about 300 meters from the end of the runway in Munich after it fails to become airborne, killing 23 of the 44 people on board. The cause of the crash was slush on the runway, which slowed the aircraft down and prevented it from reaching takeoff speed.