The Superga air disaster happened on Wednesday May 4 1949. An airplane carrying almost the entire Torino squad (18 players) crashed into the Superga hills near Turin. All 31 people on board died. The crash claimed the lives of a team that had won the Serie A title for the previous four years in a row (plus the last title before the oubreak of war). After the crash, Torino did not win the title again until 1976.