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The Andes flight disaster was the 10th FH-227 crash in 42 years. [14] Due to cloud cover the pilots were flying under instrument meteorological conditions at an altitude of 5,500 metres (18,000 ft) at FL180 through the 2,515 metres (8,251 ft) high Planchón pass and could not visually confirm their location from the terrain below.
Mount Seler is a mountain located on the border between Argentina and Chile on the western rim of the Glacier of Tears cirque in the Andes mountain range. The mountain was first summitted in December 1972 by Nando Parrado, and shortly thereafter by Antonio Vizintin and Roberto Canessa, survivors from the nearby crash site of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.
The Andes Museum 1972 (Spanish: Museo Andes 1972) is located in The Old City in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay.. It is a museum on the story of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 related to a plane accident that took place in the Andes in 1972 involving a group of Uruguayan rugby players, their friends and relatives that were traveling to Chile when the airplane crashed.
The plane crash at the center of Netflix's "Society of the Snow" is based on the true ... How did the plane crash? Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was carrying a total of 45 passengers and crew ...
The new Netflix drama, directed by J.A. Bayona, tells the story of the disaster, which happened in October 1972 when Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes mountains, immediately ...
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 ...
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. The plane crashed into the Andes mountains on Friday 13 October 1972. Of the 45 people on the flight, only 16 survived 72 days of sub-zero temperatures.
A survivor reflects on the true story behind the new Netflix movie, about members of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes in 1972.