04/05/1949 Plane carrying the Torino football team crashes
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A City Mourns (1949)
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Torino A.C: The Superga Air Disaster
The Superga air disaster occurred in 1949 when a Fiat G.212 of Avio Linee Italiane, carrying the entire Torino football team which was popularly known as the Grande Torino, crashed into a retaining wall at the back of the Basilica of Superga.Thirty-one people died; there were no survivors.