article_snippet.sent: The technical problems with the charter plane which forced the England team to stay overnight in Turin after the game weren’t the only flying concerns related to the Italy match.
article_snippet.sent: The BA flight bringing in ITV Sport’s football pundits Glenn Hoddle, Ian Wright, Lee Dixon and the cream of Fleet Street had to abort landing close to the ground because of the cross-winds meaning the charter plane which forced the England team to stay overnight in Turin after the game weren’t the only flying concerns related to the Italy match was wrongly aligned with the runway approach.
article_snippet.sent: These same Italian cross-winds and another rather more serious runway direction miscalculation by the pilot in poor weather saw the charter plane which forced the England team to stay overnight in Turin after the game weren’t the only flying concerns related to the Italy match carrying the great Torino side of 1949 crash into the Basilica of Superga which stands on the hill overlooking the airport, killing all 31 on board.