Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
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uruguayan-air-force-flight-571-178-3755077
title:
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
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Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was the chartered flight of a Fairchild FH-227D from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, that crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972. The accident and subsequent survival became known as the Andes flight disaster and the Miracle of the Andes. The inexperienced co-pilot, Lieutenant-Colonel Dante Héctor Lagurara, was piloting the aircraft at the time of the accident. He mistakenly believed the aircraft had overflown Curicó, the turning point to fly no
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1972 aviation accident in the Andes mountains of Chile
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571
date created:
2004-06-20T18:09:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T08:59:47Z
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