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Twenty-nine of the plane's 45 passengers died, but not right away: 33 survived the initial crash. Of that set, only 16 endured the area's harrowing freezing temperatures, injuries and an...
- Gina Vivinetto
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- Why It Was called 'Miracle of The Andes'
- Starvation Drives Survivors to Resort to Cannibalism
- Survivors Set Off to Find Help
- Rescue at Last
Seven of those on board had been sucked out of the fuselage before the plane had crashed; four more, including the pilot and Parrado’s mother, were killed upon impact; and by the time Parrado regained consciousness, a further five had also perished—including the co-pilot and Parrado’s friend Abal. There were now 29 survivors, alone in the bitter co...
Those with the strength and awareness to do so immediately began tending to the more seriously wounded. They piled up airplane seats to create shelter in the broken fuselage, where they huddled day and night. They used aluminum from the seat backs to warm up snow and provide a steady stream of drinking water. But their rations were woefully inadequ...
On the 18th day, disaster struck. An avalanche all but buried the fuselage, killing another eight, and strengthening the conviction of those remaining that they now had to strike out across the mountains in search of civilization and rescue. It seemed an impossible task: None of them were mountaineers. All were horribly weak. And they had no suitab...
The following day, they were greeted by three more, and Parrado, unable to make himself heard above the roar of the river, tried to explain who he was by miming an airplane crashing. Even as he did so, he worried the men would think he was a lunatic and leave. Instead, one of the men tied a note to a rock and threw it across the river: “Tell me wha...
5 de may. de 2024 · All 16 survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash depicted in Society of the Snow went on to have fulfilling lives. Many wrote books and became speakers.
- Colin Mccormick
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 on 13 October 1972. The accident and subsequent survival became known as the Andes flight disaster ( Tragedia de los Andes, literally Tragedy of the Andes) and the Miracle of the Andes
23 de dic. de 2017 · The flight, which carried a well-known rugby union team, landed at an altitude of over 3,600 meters, but sixteen hardy men survived to tell the tale. The story of the survival against all odds is known locally in the Miracle of the Andes. Here’s how it unfolded.
11 de ene. de 2024 · On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes with 45 souls on board. After 72 days, only 16 survived.
Descubra cómo 16 personas sobrevivieron al accidente aéreo en los Andes en 1972, tal y como se cuenta en el libro "La sociedad de la nieve", publicado en 2008 y escrito por Pablo Vierci, amigo de la infancia de los supervivientes.
