Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was the chartered flight of a Fairchild FH-227D from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, that crashed in the Andes mountains in Argentina on 13 October 1972.

Oct 12, 2021 · On October 13, 1972, a chartered twin engine plane carrying an Uruguayan rugby team crash landed high in the Andes mountains. How they survived has inspired both admiration and horror. As...

The disaster happened on Oct. 13, 1972, when Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which was carrying an Uruguayan rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, crashed into the Andes...

Feb 8, 2023 · In 1972, a plane crashed into the Andes and the survivors resorted to cannibalism to stay alive. This is the story of the 16 survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which was chartered to take an amateur rugby team from Montevideo to Santiago, Chile, and ended up in tragedy (and miracle).

Uruguayan Air Force flight 571, carrying a Uruguayan amateur rugby team, crashed in the Andes Mountains on October 13, 1972. Its wreckage was not found for two months, and only 16 people, of the 45 people aboard the plane, survived.

Jan 5, 2024 · On Oct. 12, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 took off from Montevideo, Uruguay, with 45 people (40 passengers and five crew members) on board. The plane had been chartered by the Old...

Alive tells the story of an Uruguayan rugby team (who were alumni of Stella Maris College), and their friends and family who were involved in the airplane crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.

On 13 October, 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into a mountain in the Andes, during a flight to Santiago, carrying 45 passengers and crew. Among those on the plane were 19 members of the Old Christians Club rugby team, who were travelling to Chile to play a match against the Old Grangonian Club.

Aug 6, 2021 · The plane had been chartered to fly the Old Christians Rugby Club of Montevideo, Uruguay to a match in Santiago. 19 of those aboard were members of the team, while most of the other...

Jan 11, 2024 · The Uruguayan rugby team’s 1972 plane crash inspired the new Netflix film. It tells a story of disaster, endurance, death—and cannibalism.