Manchester United have written a letter to Chapecoense, the Brazilian club devastated by a plane crash, to offer support and sympathy.
Sportsmail understands that United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward penned a letter the day after the South Americans’ flight to Colombia ran out of fuel and hit the crest of a mountain last month.
The crash killed 71 people, including most of Chapecoense’s playing and coaching staff.
United suffered their own tragedy when, in February 1958, a plane carrying the Busby Babes back from a European Cup tie in Belgrade crashed on an icy Munich runway after a refuel stop in a devastating disaster which would eventually claim the lives of 23.