![]() ![]() They had good expectations that they would be found, but the pilots had not followed their flight plans and the bad weather had forced them further off course. Some died in the impact but many somehow survived the crash. ![]() So, it was not too surprising when the Fairchild FH-227D ended up crashing deep in the Andes with its 45 passengers. Flying through the Andes in those days was not an easy task – but in a fairly rickety turboprop plane, it was a true challenge. They had charted an Uruguayan military plane to take them to Chile to play some matches. There are some incredible stories of human survival in the most extreme of circumstances but the tale of the Uruguayan rugby team, their families and a few other random passengers whose aircraft crashed in the Andes in 1972 is truly a remarkable one. ![]()
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