2024-01-09 17:54:00
(CNN Spanish) — On December 22, a few days before Christmas 1972, news shocked the entire world: 16 young Uruguayans who were on a plane that had crashed in the Andes in October had been found alive following 72 days.
The feat inspired several books, documentaries and films, until the recently released “The Snow Society”, by Juan Antonio Bayona, which has once once more brought interest to what happened.
One of the aspects of the shocking story has to do with the setting of the tragedy: in the middle of the Andes mountain range, more than 3,500 meters above sea level. Specifically, it is an area known as Valley of Tears, in the Argentine province of Mendoza, on the border with Chile.
Here are some of the real images of the place where the accident occurred and where the “society” was forged between the survivors:
The photograph was taken before takeoff of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 bound for Santiago de Chile to compete in the Friendship Cup.
Cutting from a newspaper of the time with news regarding the accident in the Andes mountain range.
Image taken at the scene of the accident, by a camera found among the belongings of someone on the plane.
The image is from the moment in which the rescue mission finds the remains of the plane and the survivors, 72 days following the accident.
The remains of the crashed plane over the Andes mountain range, more than 3,500 meters above sea level.
Nando Parrado (left) and Roberto Canessa, survivors of the tragedy in Los Andres, during a press conference, May 6, 1974 (Credit: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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