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The film Whisky Romeo Zulu brought the story of the accident to the silver screen. It starred and was written and directed by Enrique Piñeyro, an actor, doctor, and former LAPA pilot. The film is a fictional reproduction of the background of the accident as seen through the eyes of Piñeyro himself, who was actually a LAPA pilot from 1988 to 1999.
Aerolíneas Argentinas was established by the Argentine government in May 1949 (). [1] Shortly after the carrier started revenue flights in December 1950 ( 1950-12 ) [ 2 ] it experienced its first deadly accident, when a Douglas C-47A crashed en route to Buenos Aires from Mar del Plata , killing 17 of the 18 occupants.
Alive is a 1993 American biographical survival drama film based on Piers Paul Read's 1974 book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, which details a Uruguayan rugby team's crash aboard Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 into the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972.
The film tells the story of the 16 men who survived 72 days in the Andes after a 1972 plane crash.
This film appeared on PBS Independent Lens as "Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors" in May 2009. [66] Trapped-National Geographic Channel series: "Episode 1, "Alive in the Andes" (7 November 2007) is the first episode of the National Geographic Channel documentary television series Trapped. This series examines incidents that left ...
Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 was a passenger flight which crashed near Los Menucos, Argentina, on 18 May 2011, killing all 22 people on board.The aircraft involved, a Saab 340, was operating Sol Líneas Aéreas' scheduled domestic service from Neuquén to Comodoro Rivadavia.
It is one of the most amazing stories you can possibly imagine. In 1972, 16 men survived 72 days in harsh conditions after a plane carrying a rugby team from Uruguay crashed in the Andes mountains ...
The devastating crash of the Swissair Flight 111 in 1998 will be retold in a feature project that just started shooting, and is produced by Zurich-based C-Films AG and Nova Scotia’s Auguste Content.