06/02/1958: On this day in 1958, a plane crash in Munich all but wipes out the famous Manchester United team known as the Busby Babes PA News 7/2/58 Shown here is the tangled wreckage of the BEA Elizabethan liner which crashed in Munich with Manchester United players and officials on board. The plane was bringing the Manchester United party home from Belgrade after a European Cup match.