The Most Disturbing Plane Crash Survival Story
Sep 30, 2026
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed high in the Andes while carrying members of the Old Christians Club rugby team along with their friends and families. The aircraft broke apart against the mountains and came to rest on a glacier roughly 12,000 feet above sea level. Those who survived the crash suddenly faced extreme cold, devastating injuries, and almost no f …