Zambia football team (below)

Manchester United (above)

Eight members of Manchester United’s celebrated “Busby Babes” team were among 23 people who died when their plane crashed after attempting to take off in poor conditions in Munich on February 6, 1958.

England superstar Duncan Edwards lived for two weeks before succumbing, while Sir Bobby Charlton – who went on to win the World Cup with England – was only slightly hurt. Manager Matt Busby recovered from serious injuries and rebuilt United into a force that would win the European Cup a decade later, in 1968.

On April 27, 1993, an aircraft carrying Zambia’s national team crashed into the sea shortly after take off from Gabon,

Uruguay’s Old Christians rugby team were on a plane which came down in the remote Andes mountain range on October 13, 1972. Only 16 of the 45 on board were rescued, two-and-a-half months later – during which time the starving survivors resorted to eating the frozen remains of those who died in the accident. Payne Stewart

Flamboyant American golfer Payne Stewart was killed on October 25, 1999 after his jet lost pressure and hurtled into a field in the northern US state of South Dakota. Stewart, aged 42 when he died, had 11 PGA Tour victories and three Major titles. Russian ice hockey team

A plane carrying top-tier Matthew Harding (above) In an incident with striking