In 1972 a plane full of rugby players on their way to a big match Crashed on route from Uruguay to Chile after being blown off course when they experienced bad turbulence. There were 37 on board 45 including the crew 29 survived the crash into the Andes mountains. There were a good few injured and needing help. One of the players got a metal pole stuck in his stomach and another player who was training to be a doctor pulled it out. And tried to help others who were also injured, he told people with broken bones to lie in the snow to reduce the swelling. The survivors worked together and placed the injured people at one end of the plane to keep them safe and buried the dead in the snow to show some respect. They used the suitcases to cover up the massive hole in the plane because the other half of the plane was tarred off when they hit a mountain peak before they crashed. I’m going to focus on the skills and methods that they used to survive.
After spending a while on the Andes mountains the team were sitting in what was left of the plane when one person thought he heard something. He moved luggage that was covering the hole in the plane and continued outside the other people followed to find out what the noise was. They soon realised that it was a plane but they couldn’t see it because it was so foggy so the plane couldn’t obviously see them. After hearing a plane in the sky that kept the teams spirit up and they were starting to think that they might get off the mountains alive. The survivors listen to a radio for word of their rescue but are devastated when the search is called off after day nine.
Nando one of the on the plane regained consciousness throught the care of Carlitos and Hugo after being told of his mothers death Nando looks after his sister knowing that she will die of her injuries within a few days. He vows to set off on foot and find a way out of the mountains. When Carlitos reminds him that he will need food, he suggests consuming flesh