SIR JIM RATCLIFFE and Dave Brailsford were among the attendees at Tuesday’s Munich Air Disaster memorial service.

The new Manchester United chiefs paid their respects to the passengers who tragically lost their lives in the 1958 crash at Munich-Riem Airport this afternoon.

Manchester United paid tribute to the victims of the Munich Air Disaster on Tuesday

New club stakeholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe was in attendance at the memorial service

Sir Alex Ferguson was also at the memorial service

Current manager Erik Ten Hag paid his respected and laid a wreath

Ratcliffe – who acquired a 25 per cent stake in his boyhood club last December – joined club legend Sir Alex Ferguson underneath the plaque commemorating those who lost their lives in the disaster at 2:40pm.

Current manager and team captain Erik ten Hag and Bruno Fernandes paid their respects.

They were joined by their counterparts from Manchester United’s women’s’ team – Marc Skinner and Katie Zelem.

Club heroes Brian Kidd and Paddy Crerand – who won the European Cup under Sir Matt Busby ten years after the disaster – also attended.

The touching service was led by United’s former chaplain Reverand John Boyers.

It included several readings, poems and songs before a two-minute silence at 15:04 – the exact time of the fateful crash.

The traditional singing of ‘The Flowers of Manchester’ ended the silence.

Twenty-three passengers lost their lives when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on the runway on its third failed attempted takeoff.

Attendees took part in a two-minute silence at 15:04 – the time of the fateful crash

Erik ten Hag and his skipper Bruno Fernandes look through the order of service

Eight players and three club staff members tragically perished in the crash.

Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, Geoff Bent, Liam Whelan and Duncan Edwards all lost their lives.

Along with coach Bert Whalley and trainer Tom Curry, the club secretary Walter Crickmer also perished in the collision.

Along with Busby’s friend Willie Satinoff and plane captain Ken Rayment, eight journalists perished in the crash.

Bela Miklos, a travel agent, and Tom Cable, a crew member, both passed away.

Surprisingly, 12 people, including Busby and the late Sir Bobby Charlton, survived the collision.

This afternoon, a memorial service was held in Munich close to the crash site.

Former United players Mike Phelan and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer were the club’s representatives at the service organised by the Manchester Munich Memorial Foundation.

Phelan, additionally, paid respects on behalf of the club to the recently deceased Franz Beckenbauer – laying a wreath at the Germany icon’s grave.