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Surrounded by death following a 1972 Andes plane crash the four men made the decision to live. On October 13 1972 a plane flying from Montevideo Uruguay to Santiago Chile crashed in the Andes after being hit by bad weather.

Survivor Roberto Canessa Relives 1972 Plane Crash In The Andes Cgtn America

This was the beginning of one of the most overwhelming stories of survival in human history.

Plane crash in andes. More than a quarter of the passengers died and the survivors. New Findings in the 1972 Andes Plane Crash Colorado climber Ricardo Peñas surprising discovery raises new questions in the infamous tale of survival June 1 2005 Dan Koeppel IT WAS A STRANGE PLACE TO FIND A WALLET. Plane crash I ate my dead friends to stay alive after our plane crashed in the mountains Jose Luis Coche Inciarte endured 72 days in the Andes after a horrific plane crash.

This was the stark choice facing a rugby team from Uruguay and some of their friends and family when the plane carrying them to a match in Chile crashed on October 13 1972 in what was fittingly. Twenty-nine people died and only 16 boys and men survived the 72 days they. Uruguayan Air Force flight 571 also called Miracle of the Andes or Spanish El Milagro de los Andes flight of an airplane charted by a Uruguayan amateur rugby team that crashed in the Andes Mountains in Argentina on October 13 1972 the wreckage of which was not located for more than two months.

On October 13th 1972 a Uruguayan airplane carrying 45 passengers crashed into the middle of the Andes. On Friday October 13 1972 a Uruguayan Fairchild 227 airplane carrying a rugby team of young men on board crashed in the Andes. Onboard was an Uruguayan rugby team along with friends and relatives.

And once we had done so it. On 2 August 1947 Star Dust a British South American Airways BSAA Avro Lancastrian airliner on a flight from Buenos Aires Argentina to Santiago Chile crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes. Some died on impact others from their injuries.

José Luis Coche Inciarte was one of 16 men who escaped death after crash in 1972 when their chartered aircraft smashed into the bleak Andes mountains between Chile and Argentina on October 13. In 1972 Canessa was one of 45 people on a plane traveling from Uruguay to Chile with a rugby team onboard when it crashed in the Argentine Andes. On October 13 1972 an airplane carrying 45 passengers and crew members crashed in a remote area of the Andes Mountains.

Survivor roberto canessa relives 1972 plane crash in the andes cgtn america soccer team in the andes after the plane crash and cannibalism a life of hope 16 crash survivors were rescued after 72 days in the andes they met up 40 years later a lewd twist on the survivor cannibal courtesy of david shane ad age. Chilean mountaineers say they have found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the Andes 54 years ago killing 24 people including eight members of a professional soccer team. Extensive search and rescue operations were launched and supported by authorities in Uruguay Chile and Argentina but after ten days with no results the passengers were presumed dead and the search was called off.

Each of us came to our own decision in our own time Canessa writes. On October 13 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 went down in the Andes along the Argentine-Chilean border. Initially 32 people survived the plane crash against one of the worlds highest mountain ranges.