[7], The passengers decided that a few members would seek help. [17][2], Even with this strict rationing, their food stock dwindled quickly. One of the propellers sliced through the fuselage as the wing it was attached to was severed. They called on the Andes Rescue Group of Chile (CSA). The second flight of helicopters arrived the following morning at daybreak. Faced with starvation and radio news reports that the search for them had been abandoned, those who lived fed on the dead passengers who had been preserved in the snow. Eduardo Strauch was one of the few passengers to live through a 1972 plane crash (above) in the Andes. The plane plummeted dramatically a… The photos you provided may be used to improve Bing image processing services. Given that the FH-227 aircraft was fully loaded, this route would have required the pilot to very carefully calculate fuel consumption and to avoid the mountains. On the return trip they were struck by a blizzard. Due to weather problems, the flight had to make an overnight delay in Mendoza Oct 12, 1972 The next day more survivors ate the meat offered to them, but a few refused or could not keep it down.[2]. The group decided to camp that night inside the tail section. He refused to give up hope. Four planes searched that afternoon until dark. A few seconds later, Daniel Shaw and Carlos Valeta fell out of the rear fuselage. [33] On 23 December news reports of cannibalism were published worldwide, except in Uruguay. As they flew through the Andes, clouds obscured the mountains. Parrado finally persuaded Canessa to set out, and joined by Vizintín, the three men took to the mountain on 12 December. The harsh conditions gave searchers little hope they would find anyone alive. We have to get out from here quickly and we don't know how. Survivor Roberto Canessa described the decision to eat the pilots and their dead friends and family members: Our common goal was to survive — but what we lacked was food. When a commercial plane force-lands in a South-American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch-up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area. The 27 people crammed themselves into the broken fuselage in a space about 2.5 by 3 metres (8 ft 2 in × 9 ft 10 in). Here, he was able to stop a truck and reach the police station at Puente Negro. [2] 12 men and a Chilean priest were transported to the crash site on 18 January 1973. [12][35] The survivors received public backlash initially, but after they explained the pact the survivors had made to sacrifice their flesh if they died to help the others survive, the outcry diminished and the families were more understanding. We knew the answer, but it was too terrible to contemplate. The survivors trapped inside soon realized they were running out of air. When they rested that evening they were very tired, and Canessa seemed unable to proceed further. Survivor of 1972 Andes plane crash who resorted to cannibalism to survive 72 days in the snow recalls the anguish of eating his friends' flesh but says the ordeal 'doesn't live with him' [21], All of the passengers were Roman Catholic. At Canessa's urging, they waited nearly seven days to allow for higher temperatures. Catalán threw bread to the men across the river. Departure and crash In 1972 the Old Christians Club charted a Uruguayan Air Force plane to transport the team from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile. A valley at the base of the mountain they stood on wound its way towards the peaks. [41][42], The crash location attracts hundreds of people from all over the world who pay tribute to the victims and survivors and try to understand how they survived. [17][23], During the trip he saw another arriero on the south side of Río Azufre, and asked him to reach the men and to bring them to Los Maitenes. We ripped open seat cushions hoping to find straw, but found only inedible upholstery foam ... Again and again, I came to the same conclusion: unless we wanted to eat the clothes we were wearing, there was nothing here but aluminum, plastic, ice, and rock. Tengo un amigo herido arriba. Fell from aircraft, missing: The survivors' courage under extremely adverse conditions has been described as "a beacon of hope to [their] generation, showing what can be accomplished with persistence and determination in the presence of unsurpassable odds, and set our minds to attain a common aim". But after entering severe turbulence, the pilot made a mistake and began descending while they were still over the mountains. But could we do it? They took over harvesting flesh from their deceased friends and distributing it to the others. On 26 December two pictures taken by members of Cuerpo de Socorro Andino (Andean Relief Corps) of a half-eaten human leg were printed on the front page of two Chilean newspapers, El Mercurio and La Tercera de la Hora,[2] who reported that all survivors resorted to cannibalism. She had strong religious convictions, and only reluctantly agreed to partake of the flesh after she was told to view it as "a kind of Holy Communion". Social media users share hilarious snaps of melted Easter eggs, burnt hot crossed buns and VERY questionable biscuits, Plenty of (cat)fish! One of the men across the river saw Parrado and Canessa and shouted back, "Tomorrow!" Instead, it was customary for this type of aircraft to fly a longer 600-kilometre (370 mi), 90-minute U-shaped route[2] from Mendoza south to Malargüe using the A7 airway (known today as UW44). Family members were not allowed to attend. [8] The aircraft was regarded by some pilots as underpowered, and had been nicknamed by them as the "lead-sled. He had brought the pilot's flight chart and guided the helicopters up the mountain to the location of the remaining survivors. I went out in the snow and prayed to God for guidance. In most transport category jet aircraft, the loss of pressurisation case will define the escape route requirements. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, later known as Andes flight disaster, Miracle Flight 571, and The Miracle of the Andes, was a chartered flight that originated in Montevideo, Uruguay, bound for Santiago, Chile. [2] The search area included their location and a few aircraft flew near the crash site. Only the charred air frame remained. We wondered whether we were going mad even to contemplate such a thing. Mr Parrado – who goes by Nando – and 44 others from Montevideo, Uruguay, were flying to Chile on Friday, October 13, 1972, when their plane crashed in the middle of the Andes … The flight time from the pass to Curicó is normally 11 minutes, but only three minutes later the pilot told Santiago that they were passing Curicó and turning north. Survivors made several brief expeditions in the immediate vicinity of the aircraft in the first few weeks after the crash, but they found that altitude sickness, dehydration, snow blindness, malnourishment, and the extreme cold during the nights made traveling any significant distance an impossible task. After struggles, the tail separated into body and tail, 12 died instantly, many were severely injured. Very interesting sequences show expeditions back to the site of the crash so you can see how things look today, and then follow the escape route, showing exactly what Parrado and Canessa were up against. We have been walking for 10 days. Canessa agreed. And our altimeter read only 7,000ft (we later learned this was wrong — the needle had gone haywire in the crash. [17], Knowing that rescue efforts had been called off and faced with starvation and death, those still alive agreed that, should they die, the others might consume their bodies in order to live. [15][16], At least four died from the impact of the fuselage hitting the snow bank, which ripped the remaining seats from their anchors and hurled them to the front of the plane: team physician Dr. Francisco Nicola and his wife Esther Nicola; Eugenia Parrado and Fernando Vazquez (medical student). [2] Club president Daniel Juan chartered a Uruguayan Air Force twin turboprop Fairchild FH-227D to fly the team over the Andes to Santiago. Colonel Julio César Ferradas was an experienced Air Force pilot who had a total of 5,117 flying hours. On that morning, conditions over the Andes had not improved but changes were expected by the early afternoon. According to Read, some rationalized the act of necrotic cannibalism as equivalent to the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine. [15], Before the avalanche, a few of the survivors became insistent that their only way of survival would be to climb over the mountains and search for help. Parrado replied:[17][23], Vengo de un avión que cayó en las montañas. They've called off the search.' On Friday October 13, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane chartered by an amateur rugby team crashed in the Andes mountains en route to Santiago, Chile, for a match. It filled the fuselage and killed eight people: Enrique Platero, Liliana Methol, Gustavo Nicolich, Daniel Maspons, Juan Menendez, Diego Storm, Carlos Roque, and Marcelo Perez. The avalanche completely buried the fuselage and filled the interior to within 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) of the roof. Officers of the Chilean SARS listened to the radio transmissions and concluded the aircraft had come down in one of the most remote and inaccessible areas of the Andes. During the days following the crash, they divided this into very small amounts to make their meager supply last as long as possible. His mother had taught him to sew when he was a boy, and with the needles and thread from the sewing kit found in his mother's cosmetic case, he began to work ... to speed the progress, Carlitos taught others to sew, and we all took our turns ... Coche [Inciarte], Gustavo [Zerbino], and Fito [Strauch] turned out to be our best and fastest tailors. They were actually more than 89 km (55 mi) to the east, deep in the Andes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571 "That was probably the moment when the pilots saw the black ridge rising dead ahead. This is a bird's eye view, from Google Earth, of the flight, crash location and survivors rescue route of the Andes Plane Crash.haggertysadventures@gmail.com José Luis 'Coche' Inciarte (rear, second from right) was one of 16 men who escaped death when their chartered aircraft smashed into the Andes mountains between Chile and Argentina on October 13, 1972, Appearing on This Morning today, Coche spoke of the difficulty he had to 'make a great effort of energy and mind' to be able to eat the flesh of his friends, He told hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford that his anguish doesn't 'live with him' today, The group of survivors was rescued 72 days later after survivors Dr Roberto Canessa, Nando Parrado and Antonio Vizint trekked for 10 days to get help, 14:07 05 Apr 2021, updated 14:44 05 Apr 2021, Choccy horror show! [3] Two more passengers fell out of the open rear of the fuselage. When the fog lifted at about noon, Parrado volunteered to lead the helicopters to the crash site. The deaths of Perez, the team captain and leader of the survivors, and Liliana Methol, who had nursed the survivors "like a mother and a saint", were extremely discouraging to those remaining alive.[16][22]. 'Why the hell is that good news?' Por favor, no podemos ni caminar. Several survivors were determined to join the expedition team, including Roberto Canessa, one of the two medical students, but others were less willing or unsure of their ability to withstand such a physically exhausting ordeal. [23] Alfredo Delgado spoke for the survivors. 'We rounded up whatever food we could find. Over the years, survivors have published books, been portrayed in films and television productions, and produced an official website about the event. The aircraft was 80 km (50 mi) east of its planned route. With the warmth of three bodies trapped by the insulating cloth, we might be able to weather the coldest nights. The impact against the snow bank crushed the cockpit and the two pilots inside, killing Ferradas. [10] The aircraft's VOR/DME instrument displayed to the pilot a digital reading of the distance to the next radio beacon in Curicó. Others justified it according to a Bible verse found in John 15:13: 'No man hath greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends. The survivors had little food and no source of heat in the harsh conditions at over 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) altitude. He then rode on horseback westward for 10 hours to bring help. 14:07 05 Apr 2021, updated 14:44 05 Apr 2021. Canessa said it was the worst night of his life. They used the seat cushions as snow shoes. [3][2], The aircraft continued forward and upward another 200 meters (660 ft) for a few more seconds when the left wing struck an outcropping at 4,400 meters (14,400 ft), tearing off the wing. He scribbled a note, attached it and a pencil to a rock with some string, and threw the message across the river. The passengers removed the broken seats and other debris from the aircraft and fashioned a crude shelter. Upon returning to the tail, the trio found that the 24-kilogram (53 lb) batteries were too heavy to take back to the fuselage, which lay uphill from the tail section. [4], The survivors slept a final night in the fuselage with the search and rescue party. The trip had begun the day before, when the Fairchild departed from Carrasco International Airport, but inclement mountain weather forced an overnight stop in Mendoza, Argentina. 'We made a meeting between all and we argued whether to do it or not to do it, not to do it seemed to mean to die, everybody decided to eat. [5][6] Once across the mountains in Chile, south of Curicó, the aircraft was supposed to turn north and initiate a descent into Pudahuel Airport in Santiago. [17], It was still bitterly cold, but the sleeping bag allowed them to live through the nights. But what 16 survivors endured was far worse than death, driven to what would become headline-making acts of cannibalism in their struggle for life. They flew in heavy cloud cover under instrument conditions to Los Maitenes de Curicó where the army interviewed Parrado and Canessa. We had long since run out of the meagre pickings we'd found on the plane, and there was no vegetation or animal life to be found. [23], On the third morning of the trek, Canessa stayed at their camp. [17], The Chilean Air Search and Rescue Service (SARS) was notified within the hour that the flight was missing. The group was saved when Canessa, Parrado and Vizint stumbled across Chilean herdsman Sergio Catalán, who gave them food and then alerted authorities. We needed a way to survive the long nights without freezing, and the quilted batts of insulation we'd taken from the tail section gave us our solution ... as we brainstormed about the trip, we realized we could sew the patches together to create a large warm quilt. "[12] The aircraft ground collision alarm sounded, alarming all of the passengers. While some reports state the pilot incorrectly estimated his position using dead reckoning, the pilot was relying on radio navigation. He gained the summit of the 4,650 metres (15,260 ft) high peak before Vizintín. When the tail cone was detached, it took with it the rear portion of the fuselage, including two rows of seats in the rear section of the passenger cabin, the galley, baggage hold, vertical stabilizer, and horizontal stabilizers, leaving a gaping hole in the rear of the fuselage. The rugby players joked about the turbulence at first, until some passengers saw that the aircraft was very close to the mountain. We tried to eat strips of leather torn from pieces of luggage, though we knew that the chemicals they'd been treated with would do us more harm than good. [21], After the sleeping bag was completed and Numa Turcatti died, Canessa was still hesitant. Soy uruguayo. [44], Family members of victims of the flight founded the Viven Foundation in 2006 to preserve the legacy of the flight, memory of the victims, and support organ donation. The weather on 13 October also affected the flight. Only much later did Canessa learn that the trail he saw would have gotten them to rescue.[26][27]. The news of the missing flight reached Uruguayan media about 6:00 p.m. that evening. Paez shouted angrily at Nicolich. There was no obvious escape route. A small Fairchild plane was chartered from Uruguay to Chile; onboard were 45 players and supporters. In December 2005, with a grant from National Geographic, Ricardo lead the first expedition to cross the Andes by the historic escape route done by survivors: Roberto Canessa and Nando Parrado in 1972. The front portion of the fuselage flew straight through the air before sliding down the steep slope at 350 km/h (220 mph) like a high-speed toboggan for about 725 metres (2,379 ft) before colliding with a snow bank. 'When you went to take a piece of flesh, the body of your friend, their frozen body, the hand doesn’t obey and you have to make a great effort of energy and mind to make your arm obey, and then it obeys, not immediately. When are you going to come to fetch us? They decided instead that it would be more effective to return to the fuselage and disconnect the radio system from the aircraft's frame, take it back to the tail, and connect it to the batteries. "[11], Roberto Canessa later said he thought the pilot turned north too soon, and began the descent to Santiago while the aircraft was still high in the Andes. Nando Parrado described in his book, Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home, how they came up with the idea of making a sleeping bag: The second challenge would be to protect ourselves from exposure, especially after sundown. Fito Strauch devised a way to obtain water in freezing conditions by using sheet metal from under the seats and placing snow on it. They had no technical gear, no map or compass, and no climbing experience. We have been through so much. On 13 October 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force twin turboprop Fairchild FH-227D was flying over the Andes carrying the Old Christians Club rugby union team from Montevideo, Uruguay, to play a match in Santiago, Chile. Tragedy struck again on the 17th day of their ordeal when an avalanche killed eight more of the passengers. Pilot Ferradas died instantly when the nose gear compressed the instrument panel against his chest, forcing his head out the window; co-pilot Lagurara was critically injured and trapped in the crushed cockpit. 'There was no other option if you wanted to stay alive,' said Coche. [3], As the aircraft descended, severe turbulence tossed the aircraft up and down. [7][10] Later analysis of their flight path found the pilot had not only turned too early, but turned on a heading of 014 degrees, when he should have turned to 030 degrees. They planned to discuss the details of how they survived, including their cannibalism, in private with their families. When someone cancelled at the last minute, Graziela Mariani bought the seat so she could attend her oldest daughter's wedding. The remaining survivors reluctantly resorted to cannibalism. [31], Under normal circumstances, the search and rescue team would have brought back the remains of the dead for burial. Meanwhile, Parrado and Canessa were brought on horseback to Los Maitenes de Curicó, where they were fed and allowed to rest. [4], The last remaining survivors were rescued on 23 December 1972, more than two months after the crash. On 15 November, after several hours walking east, the trio found the largely intact tail section of the aircraft containing the galley about 1.6 km (1 mi) east and downhill of the fuselage. They also realized that unless they found a way to survive the freezing temperature of the nights, a trek was impossible. Estamos débiles. This is one of the most iconic scenes from the Live! [17], On 12 December 1972, passengers Nando Parrado, Roberto Canessa, and Vizintín, lacking mountaineering gear of any kind, began to climb the glacier at 3,570 metres (11,710 ft) to the 4,670 metres (15,320 ft) peak blocking their way west. [5][14], The plane fuselage came to rest on a glacier at 34°45′54″S 70°17′11″W / 34.76500°S 70.28639°W / -34.76500; -70.28639 at an elevation of 3,570 metres (11,710 ft) in the Malargüe Department, Mendoza Province. The reporters clamored to interview Parrado and Canessa about the crash and their survival ordeal. Coche's harrowing story was told in the 1993 film Alive, and the survivor told spoke of how accurate the film is. The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster By CommonLit Staff 2015 The following is the true survival story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes Mountains in 1972. After being asked whether he had come to terms with his memories, he said: 'No, the story doesn’t live with me. Without His consent, I felt I would be violating the memory of my friends; that I would be stealing their souls. "You and I are friends, Nando. At sunset, sipping cognac they had found in the tail section, Parrado said, "Roberto, can you imagine how beautiful this would be if we were not dead men? Over 10 days they trekked about 38 miles (61 km)[24][25] seeking help. [19], The survivors had extremely little food: eight chocolate bars, a tin of mussels, three small jars of jam, a tin of almonds, a few dates, candies, dried plums, and several bottles of wine. José Luis 'Coche' Inciarte was one of 16 men who escaped death when their chartered aircraft smashed into the Andes between Chile and Argentina on October 13, 1972. “Each of us came to our own decision in our own time,” Canessa writes. For 72 days, the world thought they were dead. Numa Turcatti and Antonio Vizintin were chosen to accompany Canessa and Parrado. [37] The father of one victim had received word from a survivor that his son wished to be buried at home. At the Fairchild's ceiling of 9,000 metre… The controller in Santiago, unaware the flight was still over the Andes, authorized him to descend to 11,500 feet (3,500 m) (FL115). For three days the survivors were trapped in the extremely cramped space within the buried fuselage with about 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) headroom, together with the corpses of those who had died in the avalanche. [18] All had lived near the sea; most of the team members had never seen snow before, and none had experience at high altitude. NG Adventure magazine published this cover story in March 2006. 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