Half a century later plane crash them on Andes Mountainssurvivors who fled to Cannibalism To survive they had a meeting this week in Uruguay to remember the terrible ordeal they lived through.
The story of the 16 survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which was chartered to transport an amateur rugby team from Montevideo to Santiago, Chile, in 1972, is immortalized in a bestseller Alive: The Story of the Andean Survivors by Pierce Paul Reed. In 1993 it was made into a Hollywood movie.
“Of course, the idea of eating human flesh was appalling and disgusting,” Among the Fairchild FH2270 passengers who survived 72 days in the Andes, Ramon Sabella, now 70, said.
The 16 – who all survived – will gather on October 13, the anniversary of the crash, to honor the memory of the 29 friends and crew members who were lost in the crash, according to the publication. Sunday Times.
The newspaper said that the 50th anniversary of their ordeal was commemorated this year with a stamp from the Uruguayan Post Office.
It was hard to put it in your mouth
It was hard to put it in your mouth. He remembers Sabella, a successful businessman. “But we got used to it. In a sense, our friends were some of the first organ donors in the world — they helped feed us and kept us alive.”
The group made the decision to eat human flesh after dining on the plane previously, which included eight chocolate bars, a can of oysters, three small packets of jam, some almonds, dates and several bottles of wine.
Today, the 16 survivors are a close-knit group who also gather every year on December 22, the day the rescue begins, for a barbecue – with beef steaks and pork sausages.
How did the plane crash?
The plane crashed into a mountain slope in windy weather when the pilot veered off course. Its wings were torn off on impact, resulting in the death of all 12 passengers and crew. According to reports, another 17 died from their injuries and an avalanche. Ten days later, the group of survivors heard over the radio that the search for them had been called off.
“Thinking about the sadness and grief that the news of the plane crash has caused our families, gives us the determination to stay alive,” Sabella said.
Eating human flesh is really tasteless. said the survivor Carlitos Baysthe son of a Uruguayan artist.
The Bayes He said he has worked traveling the world to give a lecture about his ordeal in the mountains.
“I’ve traveled six million miles on American Airlines,” He said to continue: “I am doomed to tell this story forever, like the Beatles must always sing yesterday.”
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