Showtime's Yellowjackets is loosely based on a devastating plane crash. In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes mountains, leaving only 16 survivors. To stay alive in the ...

Where are the 1972 Andes plane crash survivors now? Of the 16 survivors, 14 are still alive. José Luis “Coche” Inciarte died in 2023 of cancer, per the AFP, as did Javier Methol in 2015.

“We are dead men walking, but…we are still walking,” Nando Parrado, one of the 16 survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash, told ABC News.

Survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash including Dr. Roberto Canessa amid a new Netflix movie "Society of the Snow" that recounts their ordeal including eating human flesh to stay alive.

Out of the 45 passengers and crew on board the ill-fated Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in 1972, only 16 survived following a catastrophic plane crash that saw them battle starvation and harsh ...

The survivors of Flight 571 in Netflix's "Society of the Snow." Quim Vives/Netflix Flight 571 took off from Montevideo on October 13, 1972, per The New York Times, with 45 passengers and crew on ...

IMDb explains the “ ABC News Studios presents “Prisoners of the Snow,” a new two-hour documentary recounting the harrowing tale of the 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.

Showtime's Yellowjackets is loosely based on a devastating plane crash. In 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes mountains, leaving only 16 survivors. To stay alive in the ...