On Friday October 13, 1972, a Uruguayan Air Force plane chartered by an amateur rugby team crashed in the Andes mountains en route to Santiago, Chile, for a match. On December 21, two emaciated ...

As Joe Marler alluded to while announcing his retirement last week, international rugby can be something of a "dream bubble". But towards the end of last month, as the Ireland squad gathered in ...

ANDES, NY — The New York State Police at Margaretville responded to a fatal crash early Monday morning in the town of Andes. At approximately 1:34 a.m., State Police said they were dispatched to a one ...

How to Survive shares survival secrets from the Andes flight disaster, detailing how passengers endured extreme cold, hunger, and injury. They explain teamwork, mental strength, and creative ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Gustavo Zerbino ...

Frédéric Bertocchini, Thierry Diette, and Pacal Nino, trans. from the French by Andrew Benteau. Black Panel, $22.99 (112p) ISBN 978-1-990521-29-4 Bertocchini’s tense and harrowing English-language ...

A plane full of young people crashes violently against the snow-capped peaks of the Andes mountain range while one of them is heard praying the Hail Mary hoping to survive the accident. This is one of ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Surviving members of an Uruguayan rugby team have played a match postponed four decades ago when their plane crashed in the Andes, stranding them for 72 days in the cordillera ...