Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster

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The Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster was a 1972 Andes plane crash in which surviving passengers of a Uruguayan rugby team endured extreme conditions and resorted to cannibalism, becoming one of history’s most famous survival stories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air disaster ⓘ
aviation accident ⓘ
mountain aviation accident ⓘ
survival incident ⓘ
aircraftManufacturer Fairchild Aircraft ⓘ
surface form: Fairchild Hiller
aircraftRegistration T-571 ⓘ
aircraftType Fairchild F-27 ⓘ
surface form: Fairchild FH-227D
alsoKnownAs Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster ⓘ
surface form: Andes flight disaster

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster ⓘ
surface form: Andes plane crash

Society of the Snow ⓘ
surface form: Miracle of the Andes
cause controlled flight into terrain ⓘ
navigational error ⓘ
pilot error ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Uruguay ⓘ
crewCount 5 ⓘ
date 1972-10-13 ⓘ
event avalanche struck the wreckage on 1972-10-29 ⓘ
fatalities 29 ⓘ
finalSurvivors 16 ⓘ
flightNumber 571 ⓘ
impact became a classic case study in survival psychology ⓘ
influenced aviation search-and-rescue procedures ⓘ
sparked ethical debates about survival cannibalism ⓘ
initialSurvivors 33 ⓘ
intendedDestinationAirport Pudahuel Airport ⓘ
intendedDestinationCity Santiago ⓘ
intendedDestinationCountry Chile ⓘ
involvedGroup Old Christians Club rugby team ⓘ
keySurvivor Carlitos Páez NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fernando Parrado ⓘ
Nando Parrado ⓘ
Roberto Canessa ⓘ
location Andes ⓘ
surface form: Andes Mountains

border region between Argentina and Chile ⓘ
mountainRange Andes ⓘ
notableAspect one of history’s most famous survival stories ⓘ
survivors resorted to cannibalism ⓘ
onboardPassengers 45 ⓘ
operator Uruguayan Air Force ⓘ
originAirport Carrasco International Airport ⓘ
originCity Montevideo ⓘ
passengerType friends and family of players ⓘ
rugby players ⓘ
rescueDate 1972-12-20 ⓘ
1972-12-22 ⓘ
rescuedBy Chilean arriero Sergio Catalán ⓘ
result wreckage remained on glacier ⓘ
searchOperation initial search called off after 10 days ⓘ
stopoverAirport Mendoza International Airport ⓘ
surface form: Mendoza Airport
stopoverCity Mendoza ⓘ
stopoverCountry Argentina ⓘ
subjectOf book "Alive" by Piers Paul Read ⓘ
documentaries about survival and cannibalism ⓘ
film "Alive" (1993) ⓘ
Society of the Snow ⓘ
surface form: film "Society of the Snow" (2023)
survivalDurationDays 72 ⓘ
trekForHelpDistanceKm about 60 ⓘ
trekForHelpDurationDays 10 ⓘ
weatherCondition cloudy ⓘ
turbulence ⓘ
year 1972 ⓘ

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Society of the Snow → basedOn → Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster ⓘ
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster → alsoKnownAs → Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes flight disaster
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster → alsoKnownAs → Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes plane crash
Old Christians Club rugby team → notableEvent → Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash
Old Christians Club rugby team → associatedWith → Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
La sociedad de la nieve → subject → Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1972 Andes plane crash
La sociedad de la nieve → subject → Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571