Survivors of the plane crash that took place in the Andes 40 years ago today.

Remember that plane crash that took place in the Andes years ago, it has been talked about over the years.  If you don’t know what I’m talking about : a plane crashed in the Andes mountains where 16 men survived in the cold.  One of the men recalls how he survived the accident, he had to eat his dead friend’s body in order to make it through.  Others walked through the freezing temps and the snow in order to get help.  Today marks 40 years after these forced-to-be cannibals survived the crash.  Would you eat your dead friend’s decaying body in order to survive a horrible accident? Hit the jump

Steph B

He told the Sun: ‘It was repugnant. Through the eyes of our civilised society it was a disgusting decision. My dignity was on the floor having to grab a piece of my dead friend and eat it in order to survive.
‘But then I thought of my mother and wanted to do my best to get back to see her. I swallowed a piece and it was a huge step – after which nothing happened.’

Dr Canessa, now a top pediatric cardiologist, was one of 45 passengers including his rugby team Old Christians, aboard the Uruguayan Air Force flight 571 when it hit a mountain range shrouded in mist as it flew from Santiago to Montevideo.
Twelve men died on impact, another five within hours and one more a week later. Tragedy struck again on the 17th day of their ordeal when an avalanche killed eight more of the passengers.
The survivors had little food and no source of heat in the harsh conditions at over 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) altitude.
Faced with starvation and radio news reports that the search for them had been abandoned, those who lived fed on the dead passengers who had been preserved in the snow.

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