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  2. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Mount Seler - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. See photos of the real 1972 Andes plane crash that inspired ...

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    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 ...

  5. Inside the harrowing true story behind 'Society of the Snow'

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    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 ...

  6. Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. 'Society of the Snow' is Based on a Harrowing True Story - AOL

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    The new Netflix film follows a rugby team that survived a plane crash in 1972—and resorted to unimaginable means for survival. 'Society of the Snow' is Based on a Harrowing True Story Skip to ...

  8. I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash - Wikipedia

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    It is a 2-hour special with reenactments of the October 13, 1972 crash, a deadly avalanche and the 72-day struggle for survival that followed, including details of the 60-kilometre (37 mi) trek out of the mountains by Parrado and fellow survivor Roberto Canessa.

  9. What happened to the Andes plane crash survivors? - AOL

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    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 ...