... in which Nando and 15 other survivors struggle to survive a plane crash in the remote Andes.
This is the true story of the 1972 Andes plane crash. Nando Parrado was a young man traveling with his rugby team from Uruguay to Chile in 1972. Also on the charter flight were Nando's mother and younger sister, and several other friends and relatives of teammates, for a total of 44 passengers. When the flight encountered bad weather high in the Andes, the plane crashed into the side of the mountain. Many passengers died immediately, and the remaining survivors had to survive for several months on the bitterly cold, desolate mountainside (Parrado himself spent the first few days after the crash in a coma). When it became clear that a rescue party was not coming for them, Nando had to lead a small group of people through the Andes on a desperate search for help.
