The event has gained relevance in recent times thanks to new fiction that detailed what happened.
He December 23 marks 52 years since the well-known tragedy of Los Andeswhen a plane crashed in the Cordillera traveling towards Chile and the survivors were exposed to a series of misfortunes that little by little claimed their lives and forced them to carry out very difficult survival actions.
He October 13, 1972, the flight carrying the passengers crashed in the mountain pass between Argentina and Chile.. Against all odds, some of the passengers were not only able to survive the impact, but also the 72 days that followed until they were found, on December 23 of that year, being exposed to extreme weather conditions and lack of water and food.
Tragedy of the Andes
Who were those rescued from the Andes tragedy?
The 16 survivors were players of the Old Christians Rugby team. They had begun the trip in Montevideo aboard a Uruguayan Air Force plane heading to Chile. There they would play a series of friendly matches, so they were accompanied by family and friends. There were a total of 45 people on the plane, including the crew.
It was a pilot error that caused the brutal collision with the summits, and it was due to the weather conditions. 12 people died on impact, and later 17 more in the shipwreck. Most of them due to a snow avalanche from which they could not escape.
From reality to fiction: unmissable films and series about the tragedy of the Andes
There are different fictions made about this tragedy that are well considered by critics. The best known currently is The Snow Societywhich premiered in 2023 and is available on the Netflix platform. But before there were others. In 1993 he came out “They live!” directed by Frank Marshall and scripted by John Patrick Shanley.
That same year, with a similar title “They live: Miracle in the Andes”directed and scripted by Jill Fullerton-Smith. Many years later, only in 2007, it was released “Castaway of the Andes: I come from a plane that fell in the mountains”by director and screenwriter Gonzalo Arijó.
3 years later, in 2010 it came out “I’m alive!”directed and scripted by Brad Osborne. And finally, in 2023 already mentioned “The Snow Society” directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and based on Pablo Vierci’s book of the same name.
Source: Ambito
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