The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster #shorts

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]To survive 72 days frozen in the mountains, they had to do the unthinkable. In 1972, a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team crashed deep into the Andes mountains. With no food, no winter gear, and the search called off after 8 days, they were left for dead.

[00:00:16]Starving at minus 30°, they made a terrifying choice to eat the frozen bodies of their [music] deceased friends. Against all odds, two survivors climbed a 15,000-ft peak with zero gear to find help. 16 people survived what is [music] now called the miracle of the Andes. If your life depended on it, could you make the same dark choice? Let me know in the comments.