They Survived a Plane Crash, Slept at -30, and Ate to Death. A Terrifying Story of a Miracle in the Andes
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On the evening of October 13, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane disappeared in the Andes. On board flight 571 were 45 people — members of the Old Christians rugby club from Montevideo, their relatives and five crew members. The car is supposed to reach Santiago, Chile, but due to bad weather it stops in Mendoza, Argentina. The next day, the flight was resumed. On approach to Santiago, the crew began a descent without the aircraft having crossed …
ON October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes, carrying 45 passengers and crew, including a rugby team from the Old Christians Club of Montevideo.
On October 13, 1972, the Fairchild 571 aircraft of the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU), with 45 passengers, crashed in the Andes. The group was made up of young rugby players, along with friends, family and acquaintances. Impact survivors were trapped in the snowy mountains at an altitude of...
Introduction The story of the survival of young people who faced extreme cold, hunger and isolation, demonstrating how far man can go when he refuses to give up his life. On October 13, 1972, an airplane carrying 45 people crashed into the Andes Mountains, in one of the most isolated and hostile regions of South America. [...]
It is known as “Tragedy of the Andes” or “Miracle of the Andes” to the accident starring the Uruguayan Air Force plane 571 on October 13, 1972 in the Mendoza department of Malargüe, on a glacier surrounded by mountains 3,600 meters above sea level and near the border [...] La entrada ¡Liven!: 54 years from the “miracle of the Andes” was first published in First Edition.
Fifty-four years ago, a plane carrying the Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the snowy Andes. Of the 45 people on board, 33 survived the crash, but rescuers were unable to find them for more than two months. The sixteen who eventually survived managed to get out of the mountains on their own.
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