Museo Andes 1972 7 Day Weather Forecast

Attractions in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo.

The Museo Andes 1972 honors the memory of the 29 Uruguayans who perished in the Andes air crash in 1972. This exhibition is also dedicated to our 16 fellow countrymen, who “returned to life” after having endured 72 infernal days under the worst imaginable conditions. We render tribute to those who put their lives at risk to save their friends. Initially, 32 persons survived the crash against one of the highest mountain chains in the world. Man...

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Ciudad Vieja
Montevideo
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The Museo Andes 1972 honors the memory of the 29 Uruguayans who perished in the Andes air crash in 1972. This exhibition is also dedicated to our 16 fellow countrymen, who “returned to life” after having endured 72 infernal days under the worst imaginable conditions. We render tribute to those who put their lives at risk to save their friends.

Initially, 32 persons survived the crash against one of the highest mountain chains in the world. Many of them were seriously injured. At 4000 m above sea level, with neither appropriate clothing nor food; surrounded and trapped in the mountains, they almost died from the extremely low temperatures.
For ten long days they waited to be rescued. Then they heard on the small pocket receiver that the search had been called off.

But things got even worse on the night of day 16 when an avalanche hit them while they were sleeping in the remains of the fuselage, burying them completely and killing eight people. From the 45 passengers and crew members, finally only sixteen survived.

In order to withstand the extreme weather conditions and temperatures below -30 ºC (-22 ºF) many things were re-invented. The most critical issue was how to face the lack of food. This forced them to make a very tough, difficult and controversial decision. They used the bodies of their dead mates.