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| | Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | On October 13, 1972 an Uruguayan Air Force twin turboprop Fairchild FH-227D was flying over the Andes carrying the Stella Maris (Christian Brothers) school's "Old Christians" rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay to play a match in Santiago, Chile. |
 | | On the December 13, 1972, 62 days after the crash, three of the fittest men (given the generally poor physical conditions of the group),, and, decided that the only option was to try to climb out of the mountains to find help. |
 | | They reckoned that Chile must lie to the west, based on where the sun set and the direction they were headed at the time of the crash. |
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