In 1972 a plane filled with an amateur Rugby team, their friends and family, a woman on her way to her daughter’s wedding, and the flight crew got in a crash in the Andes Mountains. Some passengers passed away in the crash, but others were forced to survive for the next 72 days in the wilderness of the Andes Mountains with barely any food, water, or other necessities. They were forced to eat the bodies of their dead friends and family to survive, but there is so much more to their story. Listen to this episode to hear about the crash and how it inspired the show Yellowjackets!
List of victims that passed away:
- Gastón Costemalle* (law student)
- Alejio Hounié* (veterinary student)
- Guido Magri* (agronomy student)
- Joaquín Ramírez (flight attendant)
- Ramón Martínez (navigator)
- Daniel Shaw* (cattle rancher)
- Carlos Valeta (prep student)
- Colonel Julio César Ferradas (pilot)
- Dr. Francisco Nicola (team physician)
- Esther Horta Pérez de Nicola (wife of team physician)
- Eugenia Dolgay Diedug de Parrado (Fernando Parrado's mother)
- Fernándo Vázquez
- Francisco "Panchito" Abal*
- Felipe Maquirriain
- Julio Martínez-Lamas*
- Lt. Col. Dante Héctor Lagurara (co-pilot)
- Graziela Augusto Gumila de Mariani (wedding guest)
- Susana Parrado (Fernando Parrado's sister)
- Gastón Costemalle*
- Alejio Hounié*
- Guido Magri*
- Joaquín Ramírez
- Ramón Martínez
- Sgt. Carlos Roque (aircraft mechanic)
- Daniel Maspons*
- Juan Carlos Menéndez
- Liliana Navarro Petraglia de Methol (wife of Javier Methol)
- Gustavo "Coco" Nicolich* (veterinary student)
- Marcelo Pérez* (rugby team captain)
- Enrique Platero* (farming student)
- Diego Storm (medical student)
- Arturo Nogueira* (economics student)
- Rafael Echavarren (dairy farming student)
- Numa Turcatti (law student)
- Daniel Shaw
- Carlos Valeta
Survivors:
- José Pedro Algorta
- Daniel Fernández
- José "Coche" Luis Inciarte
- Álvaro Mangino
- Carlos Páez Rodríguez
- Eduardo Strauch
- Alfredo "Pancho" Delgado
- Roberto "Bobby" François
- Roy Harley*
- Javier Methol
- Ramón "Moncho" Sabella
- Adolfo "Fito" Strauch*
- Antonio "Tintin" Vizintín*
- Gustavo Zerbino*
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