The 1968β69 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by #SlovanBratislava in a final victory against #Barcelona (3-2), the first time a side from the Eastern Bloc won the title.
After the last contact with the radio station, perhaps because of bad weather or a faulty altimeter, the plane crashed into the Basilica of Superga, wrapped in a thick fog. All thirty-one people on the flight died.
May 4th, 1949 The tragedy of Superga
The #Torino players were coming back home from Lisbon after a friendly match against #Benfica, planned by the two team captains. On May 4th, the team boarded plane to come back home. The weather was terrible, with low clouds and rain.