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All 16 survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash have reunited for the 50th anniversary, according to a report.
Uruguayan Flight 571 was set to take a team of amateur rugby players and their supporters to Chile. Instead, it crashed and stranded survivors for 72 days in the cordillera, forcing them to eat human flesh to stay alive.
"Of course, the idea of eating human flesh was terrible, repugnant," Ramon Sabella, 70, told The Sunday Times in London. "It was hard to put in your mouth. But we got used to it."
Sabella recalled the choice survivors made whenRoberto Canessa, a medical student, suggested they eat the bodies of the deceased in order for the rest of them to survive,The Daily Mail reported.
ANDES MIRACLE SURVIVORS MARK 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF PLANE CRASH WITH RUGBY GAME IN CHILE
Chilean Army officers escort Uruguayan rugby player Fernando Parrado (center, left photo) following his arrival after he and fellow survivor hiked from the crash site in the snow covered Andes mountains. At right, crash survivor Carlos Paez is joyfully reunited with his father after being flown by a rescue helicopter from the crash site. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
"(Carlos) Paez said there was no other option for the young survivors, noting for the morbidly curious that human meat 'doesn't taste of anything, really,'"the report states.
Paez added it was the survivors' duty to travel the world and share their story.
15 DEAD, 20 INJURED IN ECUADOR PRISON MASSACRE
Doctors and nurses carry two plane crash survivors to the infirmary at Colchague Regiment following their rescue. Two men hiked for ten days out of the Andean wilderness to alert authorities that 14 of their fellow passengers were still alive and living in the snow covered wreckage of the plane that crashed in the mountains ten weeks ago. A helicopter was dispatched to the scene and rescued six of the survivors before bad weather prevented a return flight. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
Forty-five passengers were on the ill-fated plane on Oct. 13, 1972. Authorities said during the flight, the pilot veered off course in a dense fog before crashing into the snowy Andes mountains.
Twelve passengers were killed in the crash. Seventeen others died from injuries and suffocation from an avalanche that occurred days later.
Desperate after more than two months in the frigid peaks, Canessa and Fernando Parrado left the crash site to seek help. It was the group's last attempt at survival.
Two survivors from the crash 10 weeks ago of a chartered Uruguayan plane carrying the Old Chrisiti Christian Brothers Rugby team of Montevideo to Chile miraculously emerged from the Andes Mountains here December 22 and attracted help by managing to attach a note to a stone and hurling it to a farmer across a stream. The note reads: "I come from an airplane that crashed in the mountains. I am Uruguayan. We have been walking for about ten days. Fourteen others remain in the airplane. They are also injured. They don't have anything to eat and cannot leave. We cannot walk any further. Please come and get us." Six more survivors were later rescued by helicopter, high winds preventing it from returning for the remaining eight. (Getty Images)
After 10 days of trekking, they spotted Sergio Catalan, a livestock herder in the foothills of the Chilean Andes. The conditions were such that the pair couldn't get too close to Catalan, but from afar, they heard him say one word: "Tomorrow."
"With that (word), our suffering ended," Canessa said.
Helicopter crewmen carry survivor of the October 13th Uruguayan plane crash on a stretcher to the Santiago Central First Aid Station heliport. Survivor, one of 16, was flown to the capital directly from the crash site in the Andes mountains. (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) (Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
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The survivors are listed as: Roberto Canessa, Fernando Parrado, Carlos Rodriguez, Jose Algorta, Alfredo Delgado, Daniel Fernandez, Roberto Francios, Roy Harley, Jose Inciarte, Alvaro Mangino, Javier Methol, Ramon Sabella, Adolfo Strauch, Eduardo Strauch, Antonio Vizintia and Gustavo Zerbino.
A new Netflix adaptation of their story is in the works.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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A group of survivors lived through the plane crash, only to face the frigid cold and snow of the mountains, avalanches and, most famously, a lack of food. As they fought for their lives for more than two months, they fed themselves by cannibalizing the bodies of those who had already died.
Were the survivors of the Andes cannibalized? ›
During the 72 days following the crash, the survivors suffered from extreme hardships, including sub-zero temperatures, exposure, starvation, and an avalanche, which led to the deaths of 13 more passengers. The remaining passengers resorted to eating the flesh of those who died in order to survive.
What happened to the 16 survivors of the Andes plane crash? ›
Of the 16 survivors, 14 are still alive. José Luis “Coche” Inciarte died in 2023 of cancer, per the AFP, as did Javier Methol in 2015. Sergio Catalan, the herdsman who encountered Fernando Parrado and Roberto Canessa after their 10-day trek through the Andes from the crash site, died in 2020 at the age of 91.
What caused the 1972 Andes plane crash? ›
While bad weather was a contributing factor, investigations concluded that pilot error led to the crash. 41-year old Dante Héctor Lagurara was a lieutenant colonel in the Uruguayan Air Force, and was co-pilot of the Fairchild 571 aircraft. He was in control of the aircraft at the time of the accident.
Did they retrieve the bodies from the Andes plane crash? ›
An expedition by the Argentine army has recovered human remains and aeroplane parts from the site of a 1947 plane crash high in the Andes mountains. The plane, part of the now-defunct British South American Airways, was carrying 11 people when it crashed into the face of the Tupungato volcano during a snowstorm.
Are any of the Andes survivors alive today? ›
Today, in 2024, only 14 of the 16 survivors are alive. Javier Methol passed away in 2015 due to cancer, surviving almost 43 years after the crash. He was 36 at the time of the accident, the oldest of the survivors. José Luis “Coche” Inciarte, died in 2023, also of cancer.
How accurate is Society of the Snow? ›
How accurate is Netflix's Society of the Snow? The Netflix movie is extremely faithful to the true story, apart from some minor differences. For example, the plane didn't fly straight from Montevideo to the mountains where it crashed in real life.
What happened to Nando Parrado? ›
His mother and younger sister, Susana, were killed in the accident. Nando made a superhuman effort, survived for 72 days, and found his way out of the Andes, after an 10-day snowy trek through the mountains with his friend Roberto Canessa.
What happened to the rugby team that crashed in the Andes? ›
In 1972, a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team crashed into the Andes mountains, forcing the survivors to endure freezing temperatures, avalanches, starvation and, eventually, eat the dead among them.
How long did the last survivors stay in the Andes before they were rescued? ›
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Gustavo Zerbino watched “La Sociedad de la Nieve,” the 1972 plane crash survivor felt as if he was being submerged “into boiling water,” reliving the roughly 70 days he and his teammates were stranded in the snow-covered Andes mountains.
“What remains of the plane is still in a place where, in general, there is snow. It is at least 10 metres below where it was during the 72 days that the survivors were sheltered,” says Moraga.
Why didn't they start a fire in the Andes plane crash? ›
The place where the plane crashed was not strategically visible, so it would have been pointless to try to make a fire. Furthermore, they didn't have enough flammable objects to cause such a big fire, which is why the lighter was used for cigarettes but never a signal fire.
Who did the Andes survivors eat? ›
As he detailed in his 2016 book, I Had to Survive: How a Plane Crash in the Andes Inspired My Calling to Save Lives, Canessa and the other survivors resorted to eating the victims who had died to survive.
How did the survivors of Flight 571 get rescued? ›
The survivors' initial note began, “I come from a plane that fell in the mountains.” The authorities were notified, and on December 22 two helicopters were sent to the wreckage. Six survivors were flown to safety, but bad weather delayed the eight others from being rescued until the next day.
What is the true story of Alive? ›
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.
What body parts did they eat in Society of the Snow? ›
The smallish plane was carrying 45 passengers; upon rescue 71 days later all but 16 had died, and the survivors wouldn't have lived if they hadn't resorted to cannibalism, and not just strips of flesh and muscle but internal organs (heart, lungs, brains)…horrific but true.