Parrado, 56, is perhaps the best-known of the 16 survivors of the crash of a Uruguayan Air Force plane in the Andes Mountains in October 1972 as it was carrying his rugby team to a match in Chile.

The crash was in the area of North Memorial Drive and Belvoir Road. Both directions of North Memorial had been closed, but just before 4:00 p.m., they reopened to traffic. Trooper Rico Stephens says ...

1972 Andes Plane Crash Survivor Reflects on Group’s Decision to Eat Bodies of Friends Who Died The plane left from Knoxville Downtown Island Airport about an hour and 15 minutes before the crash ...

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Friday took part in a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the so-called Andes tragedy, an airplane crash that ... Air Force flight 591 such as Gustavo ...