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In the infobox, is it really worth noting the date when the last survivors were rescued? The actual accident (or crash), which this article mainly is about, occurred on October 13 (although the initial survivors were fighting for their lives a couple of months), so I suggest removing "December 23".
HeyMid (
contribs)
12:49, 9 September 2011 (UTC)reply
I want this get fixed up to be eligible for included in the Selected Anniversaries this year which is the 40th anniversary
"Crash" - Ground Collision Alarm
It is not believable, that a ground collision alarm sounded just before the crash.
Terrain awareness and warning systems initial development took place in 1971 or right after that. See
/info/en/?search=Terrain_awareness_and_warning_system
It is much more plausible, that it was a stall alarm, or some other alarm sounding.
In the article, this fact is attributed to source [4], which should be checked.
PLEASE REMOVE THE WORD CANNABLISM...ITS INACCURATE AND DISRESPECTFUL
These men did not kill anyone to eat. Scientifically its anthrophaghy...please for the love of science and truth and respect for the men who survived this remove that word. Cannablism is intentional killing for the act of eating... these men likend it to the taking of communion... and agreed to share their bodies in the event of their death so that some may live. Ive never heard such courageous stories of survival.. i would hope that i live my life with half the dignity these men have shown throughout their entire lives..
2603:6010:C000:422A:6D5F:5D31:68E0:3D64 (
talk)
01:52, 23 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Agree that this is a courageous story of survival. But with respect your definition of cannibalism is not correct:
Oxford Dictionary: "The practice of eating human flesh, normally either out of dire need or for ceremonial purposes."
[1]
Merriam-Webster: "the usually ritualistic eating of human flesh by a human being"
[2]
Cambridge dictionary: "the eating of human flesh by another human being"
[3]
On that basis I'd say the term "cannibalism" is a appropriately used. They ate human flesh from dead passengers, out of dire need. No credible source suggests they deliberately killed people to eat, and neither does this article make that claim. --
Euryalus (
talk)
04:16, 23 May 2023 (UTC)reply
Image of the survivors being rescued
Please add the image of the survivors being rescued to the article!
See: AVIATION SAFETY NETWORK - Photo of Fairchild FH-227D T-571
The image is licensed under: "CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DEED - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported" and may therefore be edited to remove the credits from the image as long as the credits are preserved in the image caption or perhaps even only in the image repository.
Incorrect elevation data in flight/ crash description
the section,"high mountains with peaks of 25,000 to 26,000 feet (7,600 to 7,900 m) were almost at the limit of the FH-227D's maximum operational ceiling of 28,000 feet (8,500 m)" has incorrect data. The highest mountain in South America is Aconcagua, at 6980m, so these referenced peak heights are wrong.
37.10.74.188 (
talk)
23:50, 5 January 2024 (UTC)reply
In the first part of the article it is said they trekked 38 miles (61km) but later on in the description of the picture is is said 38km. Which one is correct?
93.42.65.62 (
talk)
14:21, 22 January 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi,
2 people can't trek out and then return to a remaining 16 survivors when there were only 16 survivors in total.
Can someone correct (it is the final bit of the introduction).
Not sure if it is at the end too - forgot to look.
All the best.
Martinsnos (
talk)
20:19, 23 January 2024 (UTC)reply
In addition, the event has received mentions in many other works.
Books
Stephen King (1977). The Shining. King references the crash in his book set at an isolated hotel in the
Rocky Mountains during its harsh winter months. Wendy develops a fear of the hotel's elevator, specifically of being trapped inside with no one else around to save them, and Jack Torrance speculates that "she could see them growing thinner and weaker, starving to death. Or perhaps dining on each other the way those rugby players had."
Television
The incident is mentioned in the 1978 survival film Cyclone.
The incident is mentioned in a 2011 horror film The Divide.
The Rick and Morty episode "
The Vat of Acid Episode" parodies the events of the crash and the subsequent survival efforts. The number 571 can be seen on the side of the plane.
In the Rocko's Modern Life episode "Tickled Pinky", Rocko is listing several dangerous activities he and Pinky have engaged in. The last item on the list is "flying over The Andes with a Brazilian soccer team".
The incident is mentioned in the
HBO limited series Station Eleven. Episode 7, "Goodbye My Damaged Home".
The incident is mentioned in the Psych episode "High Top Fade-Out."
Music
Thomas Dolby's debut LP, The Golden Age of Wireless, contained the instrumental "The Wreck of the Fairchild", loosely based on the incident. This was excised from the first US release but restored on the 2009 remastered collector's edition CD.
Miracle in the Andes, composed and created by musician
Adam Young, is a musical score comprising 10 tracks that tell the story of the Andes flight disaster through song.[1]
Punk band
GBH included a graphic account of the experiences of the passengers on the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in their song "Passenger on the Menu" (1982).[2]
The event is referenced in the song "The Plot Sickens", by the American metalcore band
Ice Nine Kills, which appears on their 2015 album Every Trick in the Book.[3]