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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 in Argentina 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 ...
The Uruguayan Air Force also used to show interest on the IA-58D Pucará Delta modernization program offered by Fábrica Argentina de Aviones, [42] but more recently, among some of the possible aircraft that the Air Force was considering, there are the Hongdu JL-10 [43] or the Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master, [44] but despite how necessary its ...
Uruguayan Air Force Cessna A-37B-CE Dragonfly, 2020. Uruguayan Air Force CASA C-212-300 Aviocar, 2023. Retired Uruguayan Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules. Air Brigade I, Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones, Uruguay, 2023. The following is a list of the military aircraft that were used by the original Fuerza Aérea Militar (Military Air Force) and ...
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 ...
IN FOCUS: Only 16 of the 45 passengers on board Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 survived the 1972 crash. Their story of survival and sacrifice is the subject of an Oscar-tipped drama now on Netflix.
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was carrying a total of 45 passengers and crew members while heading from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile. Nearly half of the passengers were members of the ...
I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash is a 2010 television documentary recounting the tragedy of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes mountains from the perspective of survivor Nando Parrado.
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.