The tragedy happened on 13 October 1972, when the Uruguayan Old Christians team were en route to Chile to play the Old Boys in the Copa Amistad tournament. Rugby union in Uruguay is considered a popular sport.

Roberto Canessa was a 19-year-old medical student travelling with his teammates from the Christian Brothers College rugby squad when their plane crashed over the Andes in October, 1972. To get there, the plane would have to fly over the snow-capped peaks of the Andes Mountains.

1972: Survivors found 10 weeks after plane crash The Chilean Air force has found 14 survivors from a plane that crashed in the Argentine Andes over two months ago. After more than 40 years so many artifacts are still at the site. Fourteen Uruguayan amateur rugby players who survived a plane crash in the Andes 30 years ago by eating human flesh won a reunion match in Chile. A Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the snow swept Andes are forced to use desperate measures to survive after a plane crash. A true and awe inspiring story of survival and unrelenting hope.

Tony Smith 17:18, Sep 26 2019. Uruguay hooker Facundo Gattas attended a disciplinary hearing having received a red card from referee Wayne Barnes for an act of foul play contrary to Law 9.13 (dangerous high tackle) in Uruguay’s Rugby World Cup 2019 match against Georgia on 29 September . On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 left the city of Mendoza, Argentina carrying the Old Christians Rugby Club of Montevideo, Uruguay to a scheduled game in Santiago, Chile. Directed by Frank Marshall. Link to the archive of all 72 episodes of the plane crash series. The first news that anyone had survived came when two of the passengers reached civilization yesterday after a 10 day trek to get help. 1972: Survivors found 10 weeks after plane crash The Chilean Air force has found 14 survivors from a plane that crashed in the Argentine Andes over two months ago. With Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Bruce Ramsay. To get there, the plane would have to fly over the snow-capped peaks of the Andes Mountains. On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 left the city of Mendoza, Argentina carrying the Old Christians Rugby Club of Montevideo, Uruguay to a scheduled game in Santiago, Chile. The Uruguay national team, commonly known as Los Teros, have been playing international rugby since the late 1940s and have made appearances in four Rugby World Cups: 1999, 2003, 2015 and 2019.. Rugby union is a popular recreational sport in Uruguay. England take on Uruguay in their final Rugby World Cup match this evening.
From Andes plane crash to Rugby World Cup glory - Uruguay rugby's rise. The 16 eventual survivors lived for three months before their rescue on Dec. 23rd. Then, 70 days after the crash, two bearded and emaciated boys appeared in Chile, coming on foot out of the Andes and declaring themselves to be passengers of the lost plane.

Forty-five years on, Mr Parrado retells his incredible story of survival.

The first news that anyone had survived came when two of the passengers reached civilization yesterday after a 10 day trek to get help. Uruguayan rugby players who survived a plane crash in the Andes mountains by eating human flesh have played the fixture they missed, 30 years after the event. Rugby Players in the Andes Oct. 11, 2002: Thirty years after their planed crashed, survivors from the Uruguayan rugby team Old Christians play against the veteran team Old Boys of Chile, the game the Old Christians were headed for before the accident occurred.
Fernando Parrado, now 67, was only 22 when he was in a plane crash that left 16 survivors in the Andes Mountains for 72 days. The plane crash that wiped out most of a top-flight Brazilian soccer squad late Monday evoked memories of the 1972 Uruguayan rugby tragedy that spawned the book and hit …

Dec 13, 2014 - A plane carrying a team of young rugby players, with family members and friends crashed in the Andes mountains on Oct 13th 1972. A disbelieving world looked on as the boys led rescuers to discover 14 other survivors from the plane who had lived for over two months on the mountain.