A charter plane carrying 45 passengers, including a college rugby team, vanished over the Andes Mountains on October 13, 1972. The world thought they were dead, but 16 survivors, including 20-year-old Nando Parrado, experienced a worse fate. Trapped in sub-zero temperatures for 72 days, they fought to stay alive in a desolate landscape.
I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash
A commercial airliner carrying 45 passengers, including a college rugby team, disappeared on October 13, 1972, while flying over the treacherous Andes Mountains, leading to a 72-day mystery.
