![“Society of the Snow” tells the story of the 1972 Uruguayan Flight 571 disaster, in which a rugby team, as well as other passengers and crew, were on a chartered flight from Montevideo, Uruguay to Santiago, Chile when their plane crashed in the Andes mountains. Searchers failed to locate the wreckage and the snowy mountaintop survivors were forced to endure the worst for 72 days. Photo Credit: Netflix](/images/resized/images/news/2024/458_jan12/27_100_100.jpg)
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This Spanish feature film will be available to stream on Netflix on Friday, Jan. 5.
The 1972 Uruguayan Flight 571 disaster was one of the most horrifying yet strangely inspirational tragedies of its day. For those unfamiliar with this real event, a rugby team, as well as other passengers and crew, were on a chartered flight from Montevideo, Uruguay to Santiago, Chile when their plane crashed in the Andes mountains. Searchers failed to locate the wreckage and the snowy mountaintop survivors were forced to endure the worst for 72 days.
Their story, and the extremes to which they had to resort to for survival were eventually...