Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was the chartered flight of a Fairchild FH-227D from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, that crashed in the Andes mountains in Argentina on 13 October 1972. The ac
Some wreckage from the aircraft
One of the FH-227 aircraft used in the production of the 1993 film Alive, painted to appear as the aircraft involved in the accident
Unknown to the survivors, the abandoned summer resort Hotel Termas el Sosneado was only 20 km (12 mi) due east from the crash site.
From left to right: Álvaro Mangino, Carlitos Páez, Numa Turcatti, Daniel Fernandez, Coche Inciarte, Pancho Delgado
Roberto Canessa
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Roberto Jorge Canessa Urta is a Uruguayan paediatric cardiologist, motivational speaker, and former rugby player. He is one of the sixteen survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash in the
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
…11 players and the team physician perished. Convinced that they would die if they did not seek help, Nando Parrado, Antonio "Tintin" Vizintín, and Roberto Canessa, set out across the mountains on 12 December. After three days, Tintin was sent back to the fuselage so that Parrado and Canessa could make the food…
Roberto Canessa in 2010
Parrado (left) and Canessa with Chilean Huaso Sergio Catalan (the man who found them), 1972
Roberto shortly after being rescued
Roberto Canessa, Fernando Parrado, and Carlos Páez Rodríguez attend the Venice premiere of the film "Society of the Snow" in 2023.