Plane crash scene from the film alive 1993 true story. Sixteen plane crash survivors stranded in the andes turn to cannibalism to stay alive. Its not a good movie or even a very professional one, but it does respect its subject matter and so we have to also. Andes plane crash survivors mark 40th anniversary with. Andes plane crash survivor roberto canessa on eating his.
The weather on the flightpath over argentina was foul, and the plane had already been forced to land and spend one night in an argentinian airfield. A documentary film directed by brad osborne the film mixed reenactments with interviews with the survivors and members of the 1972 andes. The crash and the incredible survival story was later brought on the silver screen in 1993, through the movie, alive, starring josh hamilton as canessa. The crash survivors were all deeply religious, and have always credited their faith with helping them survive. After the plane crashand the cannibalisma life of hope. Nprs lulu garcianavarro speaks with him about his story of. Gustavo servino, survivor or the andes plane crash. Andes plane crash survivors mark 40th anniversary with rugby game this article is more than 7 years old uruguayan rugby team, who were forced to. Two months after the crash, the sixteen survivors are finally rescued. A body lies in snow outside the shell of the plane. 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 movie does show them eating some of the flesh of the dead, but it doesnt really go into much detail. Surviving the andes plane crash that includes interviews with the survivors and shows this photo and many others taken during the 72 days and also during the rescue. Of the 45 people on the flight, only 16 survived in subzero temperatures. There is a lot of controversy about what people did to survive but it is a very interesting book to read. Surviving the plane crash explores the tragedy which was that of uruguayan air force flight 571, a charter plane carrying 45 passengers which on october, 1972, vanished over the andes, the longest continental mountain range in the world. Members of a uruguayan rugby team survived the air crash in the andes in 1972 by eating the frozen remains of those who had died. How sixteen men survived the andes flight disaster against. With james lentzsch, benjamin josse, kelly haitz, cindy latch. Roberto canessa, who survived a famous 1972 andes plane crash, talks about how he and his friends resorted to cannibalism to survive. Torment of 1972 andes plane crash survivor still haunted by his ordeal 40 years later. After much deliberation, they came to see the bodies of their friends as proof that god wanted them to live. Those that died during the ordeal, either from what they suffered in the initial crash or the.
Surviving the andes plane crash presents one of the most remarkable human survival stories of all time as it has never been told before. He trekked 10 days through icy wilderness to get help through. Eduardo strauch survived the 1972 andes plane crash of the uruguayan rugby team. But the will not only to survive but to just plain live was what drove parrado and canessa to do what they did to save their fourteen companions, and that is the big achievement of the andean saga. Movie synopsis the truelife adventure of a uruguayan team of rugby players who survive a plane crash in the desolate andes mountains in 1972. As everyone must know by now, thanks to the movie s highpowered advertising campaign, survive.
Story of the 1972 andes plane crash in out of the silence. What follows is the story, based on real events, of a group of people so. Actual photo of survivors of the andes plane crash in 1972. The story of the andes survivors, which details a uruguayan rugby teams crash aboard uruguayan air force flight 571 into the andes mountains on october, 1972. Four young men freezing cold, starving and struggling to survive following a plane crash stood over their dead friend, armed with razor blades and broken glass. Surviving the andes plane crash 20 october 2010 is a documentary film directed by brad osborne that first aired on the history channel. Alive is a 1993 american biographical survival drama film based on piers paul reads 1974 book alive. But the airplane was white, and it was lying in white snow.
A book which describes the struggle to survive after a crash in the andes, and some of the terrible decisions that the survivors had to make. It was indeed one of the most shocking news that the world had ever received. The story of surviving a crash and staying alive the. The film mixed reenactments with interviews with the survivors and members of the original search teams. Faced with starvation and death, those still alive. A plane crash in the snowy andes mountains leaves the passengers and crew stranded without food for who knows how long.
Hollywood vs reality airline pilot reacts duration. There was a documentary released in 2010 called i am alive. Cannibalism in the andes 1972 plane disaster documentary. A uruguayan rugby team crashes in the andes mountains and has to survive the extremely cold temperatures and rough climate. Above, ethan hawke and josh hamilton in alive, a movie based on the andes plane crash. After numerous days spent searching for survivors, the. They face many physical and mental challenges which threaten their survival, in a situation. In these kinds of situations its not how you survive but why you survive, roberto canessa tells people of surviving the 1972 andes flight disaster. Plane crash scene from the film alive 1993 true story youtube.
Rescuers looked for the lost airplane, and any survivors. On friday th october of 1972, an uruguayan plane, which was carrying 45 passengers to chile, most of whom were students and rugby players, crashed in the andes mountains. Nando parrado on his survival of the 1972 andes air crash. The plane eventually struck the top of a slope and slid, nosedown, at breakneck speed about 350kmh before crashing into a large snow bank, killing the pilots.
Surviving the andes plane crash photos view all photos 1 movie info. Incredibly, there were 16 survivors, who managed to stay alive by eating. Having created this web site 6 years ago, we are commemorating the 36th anniversary of the accident. Torment of 1972 andes plane crash survivor still haunted by his ordeal 40 years later air force flight 571 roberto canessa and nando parrado were members of the illfated uruguayan air force flight whose survivors had to resort to cannibalism. I ate my friends to survive jump to media player in 1972, roberto canessa was one of 45 people aboard a plane that crashed high in the andes mountains.
Survivor of andes plane crash that inspired the film alive tells how he ate his dead friends to survive. Now, the captain warned his 45 passengers, a direct trip across the andes. Plane crash survivors eat dead bodies of friends in order to survive. Last image of uruguayan flight 571, before it crashed in the andes on october th, 1972. The plot is based on a true story of the andes mountain plane crash where the survivors had to eat human flesh to survive. On friday, the th of october, 1972, a charter plane carrying 45. Nprs lulu garcianavarro speaks with him about his story of hope in his book, out of the silence. In street clothes and without food, nando survived the winter in the andes. Out of the 45 onboard 28 survived the initial crash, and survivors were eventually forced to cannibalize the dead to survive. Please support my acting by visiting my internet movie database page at.
However, the plane from the uruguayan air force with 45 people crashes on the andes mountains and after the search party, they are considered dead. The authorities thought that no one could survive the conditions on the mountains. Surviving the andes plane crash tv movie 2010 imdb. Survivor of 1972 andes plane crash who resorted to cannibalism reveals struggle in new book, i had to survive. The mountain between us is a lesson in bad casting the. Survivor of 1972 andes plane crash who resorted to. Thats almost 12 hour longer than the original dubbed us version. Nando parrado, andes mountain plane crash survivor. The groups ordeal was immortalized in the book alive and the hollywood movie of the same name. Witness alive, the thrilling truelife adventure of challenge and survival. Survivor says andes plane crash called him to save lives. The plane crashed into the andes mountains on friday, october, 1972. The mountain between us is a lesson in bad casting the plane crash survival film could have been a new achievement for the genre, if it wasnt for its one abysmal lead. Survivors moving account of how andes plane crash victims were forced to eat their friends bodies in story which still haunts the world 40 years on.
Surrounded by death following a 1972 plane crash in the andes mountains, the four men made the decision to live. Survival film, about the film genre, with a list of related films. The story of the andes survivors, which details a uruguayan rugby teams crash aboard uruguayan air force flight 571 into the andes mountains on. Two months after the crash, sixteen survivors were finally rescued. On the tenth day after the crash, the survivors learned from a transistor radio that the search had been called off. David cubitt and gian didonna in alive 1993 alive 1993 ethan hawke and josh hamilton in alive 1993 alive 1993 ethan hawke in alive.
While flying over the the andes mountains, the plane with 45 people on it crashed. More than 2 millions visitors have sent us their kindest regards and messages. For 10 weeks they struggled against impossible odds and freezing temperatures to stay alive. Andes plane crash, list of sports, marriage and family, 40 years, science and nature, airplane, over the years, photos, uruguay.
One dark secret kept survivors of a remote plane crash alive duration. For the first time ever, survivors of the famous 1972 andes plane crash tell in their own words their harrowing story of survival. Cannibalism in the andes 1972 plane disaster documentary trans. In december 1972, a chartered aircraft carrying a uruguayan rugby team was found 72 days after it crashed in the andes. The 1972 andes air crash has been the subject of a bestselling book and a hit movie, but the story has never before been told by one of its survivors. Even before the crash, however, there had been issues.
On october, 1972, uruguayan air force flight 571 went down. Survivor of andes plane crash that inspired the film alive tells how. The story of the andes survivors by piers paul read. True story of a rugby team stranded in the andes after a plane crash. Survivor of the 1972 andes plane crash describes the terrible decision he had to make to stay alive i will never forget that first incision nine days after. This riveting documentary follows the harrowing journey of sixteen members of a rugby team, who survived for 72. Along the days, the starved survivors decide to eat flesh from the bodies of their comrades to survive.