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Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. One of the FH-227 aircraft used in the production of the 1993 film "Alive", painted to appear as the aircraft involved in the accident. 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.
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 ...
Alive. (1993 film) 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. Filmed in the Purcell Mountains in British Columbia, the film ...
Gina Vivinetto. Updated March 1, 2024 at 2:57 PM. "Society of the Snow" is earning raves for its a ccurate depiction of the terrifying 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains that involved a ...
A notorious real-life 1972 plane crash in the Andes is the inspiration behind the new Netflix adventure drama "Society of the Snow.". The disaster happened on Oct. 13, 1972, when Uruguayan Air ...
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 ...
English. Spanish. Alive: 20 Years Later is a 1993 documentary film produced, directed and written by Jill Fullerton-Smith and narrated by Martin Sheen. The documentary focused on the lives (20 years later) of the 16 survivors, all of whom were Uruguayan, of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972.
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.