1960 Danish football air crash

1960 aviation accident 1960 Danish football air crash Accident Dragon rapide g-aeml flying arp.jpg 200 A Dragon Rapide similar to the accident aircraft 16 July 1960 Loss of control in severe weather Øresund de Havilland Dragon Rapide Zonens Redningskorps Copenhagen Airport Herning Airport 8 1 1 8 1 On 16 July 1960, after taking off from Copenhagen Airport at 15.38 local time, a de Havilland Dragon Rapide plane, (registration OY-DZY) chartered to the Danish Football Association, crashed into the Øresund about 50 m ft from shore after the pilot lost control of the aircraft in severe weather. All eight passengers died; the pilot survived but required a leg to be amputated.http://politiken.dk/kultur/article1017258.ece I dag er et trist jubilæum for dansk fodbold Allan Helleskov Kleiner Tommy Heisz da Politiken 16 July 2010 31 July 2012http://www.zone-redningskorpset.dk/hotel/zonen/webpages.nsf/ba9f50795226e2afc12565b5005aa2de/b32d2ce6745145d2c1256981005f87d8!OpenDocument 7. kapitel: ZR's Flyvetjeneste Madsen Frederik Zone-Redningskorpset i Danmark 2009 Museum for Zone-Redningskorpset da 31 July 2012 978-979-8191-75-6 Accident Witnesses reported that shortly after taking off, one the plane's engines failed as the aircraft was only 300 ft m from the surface. The plane then went into a spin and crashed into the water about 150 ft m beyond the end of the runway. https://www.newspapers.com/image/259452419 Newspapers.com Denmark's Best Footballers: 8 killed in air crash 18 July 1960 7 The Guardian London, England Reuters In the immediate aftermath, all sporting events throughout Denmark were cancelled. A scheduled exhibition football match by Manchester United in August was cancelled out of respect for the players' families. https://www.newspapers.com/image/938321313 Newspapers.com Third Time Unlucky for Reds Thornton Eric Manchester Evening News Manchester, England 28 July 1960 22 Footballers The plane was carrying eight association football players to Herning Airport for a final trial match at Herning stadium to select the Danish squad for the 1960 Olympic tournament. Three of the eight had been provisionally selected for the squad; the rest were B-team and youth internationals with a last chance to impress the selectors. The dead included: Player Age Club Caps Position Day-job Notes Per Funch Jensen 21 KB 4 Goalkeeper Butcher Selected for the Olympics. Erik Pondal Jensen 29 AB 20 Half-back Engineer First reserve for the Olympics. Søren Andersen Søren Andersen (footballer born 1937) 23 Frem 0 Striker Warehouse worker Børge Bastholm Larsen 29 Køge 11 Full-back Customs official Selected for the Olympics. Arne Karlsen 20 KB 3 Centre half Blacksmith's apprentice Selected for the Olympics. Two fishermen found pilot Stig Vindeløv alive in the wreckage, along with Per Funch Jensen, who died en route to hospital. Second aircraft A smaller plane waiting for clearance to take off when the accident occurred was due to carry four other players to the same match: Erik Dyreborg, Hans Christian Andersen, Bent Jørgensen, and Bjarne Eklund. These were all youth players. Dyreborg was reassigned from the first plane to make room for a kit basket. Olympics After the accident, the Danish FA considered withdrawing from the Olympic tournament. In the event, they won the silver medal, losing to Yugoslavia in the final.Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad The Games of the XVII Olympiad: Rome 1960; Official Report http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2.pdf#page=243 2 1960 240 PDF 2012-07-31 2012-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120723110002/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2.pdf#page=243 dead See also List of accidents involving sports teams References Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1960 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Denmark Category:Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic deaths Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving sports teams Category:1960 in Denmark Category:1960 in Danish football Category:Denmark at the men's Olympic football tournament Category:July 1960 in Europe Category:Disasters in Copenhagen Category:1960 disasters in Europe Category:1960s disasters in Denmark Category:Øresund