On october, 1972, uruguayan air force flight 571 went down. This riveting documentary follows the harrowing journey of sixteen members of a rugby team, who survived for 72. On october 12, 1972, a uruguayan air force plane carrying a team of rugby players crashed in the remote, snowpeaked andes mountains. Nov 22, 2017 fernando parrado, now 67, was only 22 when he was in a plane crash that left 16 survivors in the andes mountains for 72 days.
In both, the weather and environment and, arguably, poor judgment played a major role. The survivors not only had to withstand the hunger and the fearful mountains. Twelve were killed in the crash, six died in the next few days, and 11 more perished due to. Andes plane crash survivor roberto canessa on eating his. This is the story of those ten weeks spent in the shelter of the planes fuselage without food and scarcely any hope of a rescue. The 16 eventual survivors lived for three months before their rescue on dec. On october, 1972, uruguayan air force flight 571 went down in the andes along the argentinechilean border. Oct 22, 2008 without it, the 16 survivors out of 45 in a famous 1972 plane crash in the andes that decimated a uruguayan rugby team wouldnt have made it through 72 days in a frigid wilderness with scant. Feb 25, 2016 of the 45 passengers on the plane, 27 survived the crash. The plane, traveling from uruguay to chile, went down over the andes mountains after on october, 1972. They face many physical and mental challenges which threaten their survival, in a situation which tests the very limits of human endurance.
The survivors, members of a rugby team left to fend for themselves in the andes. Jan 30, 2017 a group of young men trapped in the frozen andes mountains with absolutely nothing. It may well have been one of the worst survival situations in history. I have come from a plane that crashed on the mountains. After 72 days on the glacier, 16 people were rescued. Feb 09, 2015 a group of chilean mountaineers pose for a photo at the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the andes 54 years ago, killing 24 people, including eight members of a professional soccer team. On october 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snowpeaked andes. Then, one night, which canessa calls the worst of my life, an avalanche killed eight more. The 1972 andes air crash has been the subject of a bestselling book and a hit movie, but the story has never before been told by one of its survivors. Onboard was an uruguayan rugby team, along with friends and relatives. Survivor nando parrado was 22 at the time of the crash. Nando is also an internationally renowned speaker who unlocks potential.
The survivors not only had to withstand the hunger and the fearful mountains, but also 30 degreebelowzero. Lessons learned from the 1972 andes plane crash spy escape. Instead, the plane crashlanded in a desolate glacial valley, high in the andean cordilleraa. Parents need to know that alive is a 1993 movie based on the true story of a uruguayan rugby team forced to eat the flesh of their dead companions to survive being left for dead in the andes mountains after a plane crash. Desperate, the survivors ate cotton and leather from the plane seats. The end is rewarding but the horror seems to be watered down for the audience. Nprs lulu garcianavarro speaks with him about his story of hope in his book, out of the silence. Nando parrado, andes mountain plane crash survivor. Without it, the 16 survivors out of 45 in a famous 1972 plane crash in the andes that decimated a uruguayan rugby team wouldnt have made it through 72 days in a frigid wilderness with scant. Uruguayan air force flight 571 was a chartered flight that crashed on a glacier in the remote andes on october, 1972. A group of young men trapped in the frozen andes mountains with absolutely nothing. Alive is the truelife story of a rugby team whose plane crashes while crossing the andes. The story of the andes survivors, which details a uruguayan rugby teams crash aboard uruguayan air force flight 571 into the andes mountains on october, 1972.
Jun 07, 2017 he ultimately found work as a mountain guide, and began leading trips in the andeswondering all the while if he could visit the crash site, and what might be found there. Canessa recounts this struggle and others he faced following the tragic crash in his new book i had to survive. The film mixed reenactments with interviews with the survivors and members of the original search teams. The flight carried fortyfive passengers, including fifteen members of the old christians rugby team. Actual photo of survivors of the andes plane crash in 1972. Although the two stories occurred in different centuries and on different continents, there are a few eerie similarities. Surviving the andes plane crash photos view all photos 1 movie info. The movie does show them eating some of the flesh of the dead, but it doesnt really go into much detail. How a plane crash in the andes inspired my calling to save lives, due out march 1. Alive, by piers paul read, chronicles the harrowing tale of survivors of an airplane crash. Above, ethan hawke and josh hamilton in alive, a movie based on the andes plane crash. This is the story of those ten weeks spent in the shelter of the plane s fuselage without food and scarcely any hope of a rescue.
Fernando parrado, now 67, was only 22 when he was in a plane crash that left 16 survivors in the andes mountains for 72 days. With ethan hawke, vincent spano, josh hamilton, bruce ramsay. The story of the andes survivors by piers paul read. Jun 09, 2019 eduardo strauch survived the 1972 andes plane crash of the uruguayan rugby team. On friday th october of 1972, an uruguayan plane, which was carrying 45 passengers to chile, most of whom were students and rugby players, crashed in the andes mountains. Dec, 2014 a plane carrying a team of young rugby players, with family members and friends crashed in the andes mountains on oct th 1972. After more than 40 years so many artifacts are still at the site. Instead, the plane crash landed in a desolate glacial valley, high in the andean cordilleraa. Oct 14, 2012 andes plane crash survivors mark 40th anniversary with rugby game this article is more than 7 years old uruguayan rugby team, who were forced to eat human flesh to stay alive after plane went down.
Author interview nando parrado, author of miracle in the. Feb 20, 2016 16 survivors remained after uruguyan flight 571 crashed in the andes in 1972. Witness alive, the thrilling truelife adventure of challenge and survival. In 1972, the uruguayan rugby team is flying to chile to play a game. Uruguay memorial for 1972 andes flight disaster sees another. Surviving the andes plane crash documentary heaven. Fernando parrado was 22 when he was in a plane crash that killed 29 people and left 16 survivors stranded in the andes mountains for 72 days mr parrados younger sister, his mother and his best. Wreck of chilean plane which crashed in andes 54 years ago. Those who emerged from the wreckage were then stranded in. The survival of 16 through a plane crash and 72 days stranded on a mountain has since been called the miracle of the andes. Anyone familiar with this plane crash survival story either from the original news accounts, piers paul reads bestselling 1974 book alive or the movie that dramatized it knows that the experience illustrates the triumph of rationality, not the blessings of blind luck. Four young men freezing cold, starving and struggling to. In 1972, a plane carrying a rugby team from uruguay as well as their friends and family wound up hitting an uncharted mountain peak while flying over the andes, and crash.
The story of the 1972 andes plane crash was made into the 1993 movie alive. See more ideas about andes plane crash, andes mountains and movie alive. Alive is a 1993 american biographical survival drama film based on piers paul reads 1974 book alive. Nando parrado is the leader of the famous plane crash survival story in the andes mountains in 1972. The tales of the donner party and the andes plane crash are both wellknown examples of survival under extreme circumstances. Members of a uruguayan rugby team survived the air crash in the andes in 1972 by eating the frozen remains of those who had died. Each of us came to our own decision in our own time, canessa writes. A uruguayan rugby team crashes in the andes mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate.
Surviving the andes plane crash 20 october 2010 is a documentary film directed by brad osborne that first aired on the history channel. With james lentzsch, benjamin josse, kelly haitz, cindy latch. Two months after the crash, the sixteen survivors are finally rescued. This riveting documentary follows the harrowing journey of sixteen members of a. The tale of a soccer team whose plane crashes in the andes mountains with hopes of rescue gives way to desperation and nightmarish decisions. A documentary explores the crash of the plane carrying the.
In this actionpacked hit, a team of tough rugby players survive a plane crash deep in the desolate, snowcovered andes. Nando parrado recalls surviving 1972 andes plane wreck. Surviving the andes plane crash that includes interviews with the survivors and shows this photo and many others taken during the 72 days and also during the rescue. At high altitude, the bodys caloric needs are astronomical. Though cannibalism is the most notorious aspect of this story, the movie doesnt treat it in a sensationalized or. Finally, last winter, after guiding an aconcagua climb, pena decided to spend a few extra days in argentina. Facing starvation and death, the survivors reluctantly resorted to anthropophagy.
Survivor of 1972 andes plane crash who resorted to. The andes plane crash survivors is the tale of flight 571, which never made it to chile. A group of chilean mountaineers pose for a photo at the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the andes 54 years ago, killing 24 people, including eight members of a. The story of the andes survivors alpine expeditions. On friday, the th of october, 1972, a charter plane carrying 45 passengers, including a college rugby team, vanished over the desolate, snowcovered andes mountains. After the plane crashand the cannibalisma life of hope. Photograph by af archive, alamy you also practiced cannibalism. Surviving the plane crash explores the tragedy which was that of uruguayan air force flight 571, a charter plane carrying 45 passengers which on october, 1972, vanished over the andes, the longest continental mountain range in the world. Eduardo strauch survived the 1972 andes plane crash of the uruguayan rugby team.
Nando parrado, andes mountain plane crash survivor, subject. Surrounded by death following a 1972 plane crash in the andes mountains, the four men made the decision to live. Still, i enjoyed the movie because it is about hope. With pablo ferrel, hugo stiglitz, norma lazareno, luz maria aguilar. Among the 45 people on board, 28 survived the crash.
The media called them cannibals, but what can we learn from the 1972 plane crash of the old christian rugby team. Andes plane crash survivors mark 40th anniversary with rugby. Ten weeks later, only 16 of the 45 passengers were found alive. He is a successful businessman, sportsman and television producer. Cannibalism in the andes 1972 plane disaster documentary. Actual photo of survivors of the andes plane crash. In street clothes and without food, nando survived the winter in the andes. Having created this web site 6 years ago, we are commemorating the 36th anniversary of the accident.
There was a documentary released in 2010 called i am alive. This movie felt like a play made up of three parts. Even now, 45 years after the plane crash disaster that killed. Surviving the andes plane crash presents one of the most remarkable human survival stories of all time as it has never been told before. May 31, 2018 in 1972 there was a historic plane crash.
Lessons learned from the 1972 andes plane crash spy. True story of a rugby team stranded in the andes after a plane crash. Apr 03, 2016 after the plane crashand the cannibalisma life of hope. In 1972, roberto canessa was one of 45 people aboard a plane that crashed high in the andes mountains.
Survivors moving account of how andes plane crash victims were forced to eat their friends bodies. The incident happened on october, 1972 as the christian brothers, a uruguayan amateur rugby club, were flying with friends and relatives to chile for a game. The survivors, members of a rugby team left to fend for themselves in the andes, ultimately. A uruguayan rugby team stranded in the snow swept andes are forced to use desperate measures to survive after a plane crash. For ten excruciating weeks they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature headon at its most furious and inhospitable. The events that followed the crash of uruguayan air force flight 571 in 1974 are, by now, notorious. Published on jan 20, 2012 witness alive, the thrilling truelife adventure of challenge and survival. The andes accident on friday th october of 1972, an uruguayan plane, which was carrying 45 passengers to chile, most of whom were students and rugby players, crashed in the andes mountains. In this actionpacked hit, a team of tough rugby players survive a plane crash deep in the. A true and awe inspiring story of survival and unrelenting hope.