Alive: Flight 571 crash site in Google Earth

[GIROBOTII]

The Andes are more imposing than I thought.

[1982mp1]

Nandos book is amazing too!!

[mackymaca]

This is great. Now I can get a fuller grasp of the details regarding the crash and just how great the odds the survivors had to overcome. An amazing journey of survival.

[MrLexamana]

It's amazing what human can do in a desperate situation to survive. Pure inspirational! RIP to the victims, and long live the survivors.

[vLeggy]

all based on true story movies are amazing to me...from ALIVE to 127 hours...

[tomkat1983]

An incredible story of survival. I read Alive when I was a teenager in the 70's and couldnt put it down.

[area51er6]

The sad thing is there was actually a hotel to the east down the valley with stocks of food, but instead they headed west over more mountains... for anybody whos actually read the book.

[SolarisDeLuna]

@area51er6 Yeah but it would of been very dangerous for them to get there. They would have had to cross a very large river that would of made it impossible to get across because of the rough rivers so if they went that way its possible more might have died but that is something we may never know.

[area51er6]

@SolarisDeLuna Ah I've seen you've read the book! actually the book says nothing about a river. They say they would have come to road in about 3 days (the same road canessa thought he saw, but swore was impossible) and the Hotel was only 5 miles east of the Fairchild! but they thought they were a lot closer to Curico than Argentina, which wasn't the case.

[SolarisDeLuna]

@area51er6 I heard it on one of the documentarys and I actually have never read the book but would like to someday.

[area51er6]

@SolarisDeLuna Yeah ppl don't read anymore, but it gives much more insight to their story, I think they mentioned lot's of rivers to the west, but any rivers to their east would've been frozen, it was record setting low temperatures that yr and snow fall. it's almost disrespectful for the book or documentary to mention the hotel theory, in light of what they already accomplished

[MINECRAFTMAN433]

the had to EAT there freinds

[bikerchic650]

anyone see the I Am Alive documentary on the history channel? i am buying a couple of the dvd's from the history channel shop. it was one of the most incredible films i have ever seen narrated by nando paraddo.

[MrThreshold2009]

@bikerchic650 It was a good documentary, but the best of the Andes incident is Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors from 2008, which can be seen here on YouTube. It's foreign language but one of the most remarkable films I've ever seen.

[alejandroi35]

Eso es Mendoza, Argentina.

[alfyan99]

My dad knows nando :)

[tittyj2020]

@alfyan99 bullshit

[xtremous1]

which song is this?

[savemyplaylist]

They were a bunch of queers who spent every waking moment ass ramming each other.

[tittyj2020]

@savemyplaylist impossible...it was too cold for their dicks to get hard. You fucking retard

[savemyplaylist]

@tittyj2020 that's the beauty of it! They were so cold and frost bit, that they were hard like a cold piece of ice! You know you'd suck that prick.

[Kelly14UK]

Amazing what we're all capable of when our backs are against the wall.

[steve998]

I still cannot get over the fact that two nineteen year old boys walked more than 40 miles, up and over 15,000 foot snow covered mountains, in summer clothes, for ten days - after 2 months trapped on a mountain, having been through a crash, a head injury, the death of a mother, sister, friends, an avalanche and having to make unbearable decisions. It was a feat of monumental proportions, bravery and strength. Can you imagine any nineteen year old you know doing that?

[KaratenKit]

@steve998 I think you underestimate the human body/mind. It's made for survival, Once you're in the place of " I will go down fighting " a few mountains isn't enough to bring a man down :)

[krakenwave]

Applauds Nando and Roberto for their bravery and will to save their friends

[ryanneglect]

this is awesome thank you for it! good song choice too

[LordDeathspit]

Awesome job man. I've always wanted to see something that gave the scale of how big the moutain was and how far the Canessa and Nando had to walk for help.

[seatgurus]

check the history channel..they are showing a 2 hour documentary of this ...all of this month. also, i never quite understood why they toom the right over over the andes insted of crossing it. it cant be all cos of bad weather?!

[krissysummers70]

The fuselage was burned because of the remnants of flesh and bones but it was still visible until the last ten years. The Glacier finally buried it. They are investigating what happened to the tail and wing pieces. In Nando Parrados book, he took his Father to the crash site 2 years after the rescue and he was able to see it. It's all in the book "Miracle in the Andes"

Nando had said in his book that their crash was a violent interruption of nature, and would soon be erased. It was.

[IluvEdKemper]

Very cool - amazing story. I can only imagine the emotions any survivors would relive if they have ever seen their perilous situation from this perspective.

[TomBrooklyn]

Why can't the fuselage and tail be located and seen?

[pregnantcornbread]

@TomBrooklyn the fuselage and tail piece were incinerated (intentionally) following the rescue.

[Austinbit]

The only thing thats wrong is the Day numbers. You labeled the days from 1, when they actually didnt start hiking until day 60-something. Anyways, you did such a great job with your research, its still a great job. Thanks for posting...!

[forzajj]

@Austinbit Thanks! You're right the numbering is bit misleading, they only tell the time it took to walk out of there, not the total days

[Austinbit]

@forzajj Oh ok, yea I figured that out after I posted. It was actually day 62 they started to hike out. Nonetheless, thanks for sharing this!

[fuckoff187]

too bad u didnt follow the same path nando walked to freedom it would have been interesting to see

[ScaredPiglet]

@fuckoff187 too bad your name sucks. It not only sucks, but you had to copy it from 187 other losers.

[ryanneglect]

@fuckoff187 yeah that would have been pretty cool!

[polos505]

I was reading an interesting article about Cannibalism, this is how I decided to view this video.

[luvpump1]

Ime thinking of climing to this spot in august time, wondering what the easiest safest route would be ? Anyone know ?

[pan00liz]

Are those coords correct?

[forzajj]

They are my estimates, could be bit off...

[Killerkid282]

any up for a piece of the co-pilot? It's still fresh till now.

[EmilayyyX]

thats not funny. -.-

[RollandB]

Awesome choice of music. Arcade Fire rules.

[ph1l15aw3s0m3]

hey do u think u can send me those coordinates

[forzajj]

I added those to description

[kolegalo]

34 45 55.02 S 70 17 12.77 W

[gpeddino]

I could never expect this song as a soundtrack, but it somehow fitted perfectly.

[forzajj]

I remember I checked opinions about the lyrics and found they could match this case. But basically I chose it for it's atmosphere and because it's such a great song

[MichaelJacksons1fn]

that was helpful:)

[last1standing86]

whats the name of the song?

[forzajj]

It seems youtube didn't save my previous comment, anyway, song is Rebellion (lies) by The Arcade Fire.

[AliveExpedition]

Nice video! In March 2010 I will organize an expedition to the crash site. The Expedition is the first of its kind to be mounted, giving adventurers the opportunity to experience first-hand some of the locations and circumstances that the survivors endured. Gustavo Zerbino & Eduardo Strauch, two survivors of the crash, will join the expedition in Mendoza and during the physical part.

[nobolettu]

Wow. Thanks for posting this.

[Edhallick]

They survived by eating human ass meat.

[VideoJerk1999]

you are an ass.

[NLglennNL]

i know lol

[callofduty4master14]

ur right lol that was wrong lol

[Edhallick]

No it wasn`t wrong... I would have done the same thing. I would have feasted.

[cheesemaster1000]

It's actualy marked on google Earth where the plane came down "Vuelo Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya 571".

[HotRockx]

what are the coordinates please?

[milaalim74]

the biggest message of all is never give up no matter how hopless it seems.

[assais]

this is the most amazing story i've ever seen

[DeviousGenius]

Yes indeed it was, very inspiring. The music on this video was great. And it made the story even more powerful to just see it like this. Where all the pieces of the plane went, like the tail and then to see how far those 2 walked. That is amazing, for as malnourished and with all the sicknesses they had at the time, to be able to do what healthy people would have a damn hard time to do. Very good video with the google earth.

[Farerets]

All the 16 survivors are still ALIVE!

[Jermz1997]

@Farerets

How about now?

[Desing21G]

como le ago para dar a ese lugar?

[ANZO89]

tenes q tomarte un avion q vaya a chile, q pase por la cordillera. luego q haya una tormenta donde los pilotos sean unos idiotas al chocar una ala al perder altitud, luego perder la cola del avion y su otra ala y luego si sobrevivis el golpe de esa forma es como llegas a ese lugar.

[tonnhard]

De acuerdo al mapa, si hubieran tomado el camino en dirreccion este estaria mas serca a una carretera no?

[eaglefurious]

Eso dicen, aunque también he leido que en aquella época hubieran llegado a un torrente el cual les hubiera sido imposible cruzar. Incluso había un hotel con termas a 3 días del lugar donde quedó la cola, y he leido que en esa época había una persona cuidando del lugar. Pero en fin, ellos no podían saber nada de eso.

[carolinamello83]

Does anyone knows the name of the song? thanks

[jchristsu]

The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (lies)

[carolinamello83]

thanks =)

[caseyforever]

are the pieces of the plain still sitting there?

[forzajj]

I guess there's only some small pieces now

[upyerbumbitch]

Thanks or adding this.Exactly what i was looking for.

I wish my google earth ran as smoothly as yours!

[mauroal72]

el lugar exacto donde quedo el avion es del lado argentino,usted lo situa del lado chileno.

[forzajj]

If I got it right you wrote it's on wrong side of border but I think the border in google earth is in wrong place. Check: watch?v=29pPVj1AVy8&feature=re­lated#t=1m11s

[Staatssicherheit]

hey.. They werent rescued before 70 days later?? Not 9 days. They ate each other and stuff to survive

[forzajj]

They walked for 9 days after spending all that time there

[DeviousGenius]

They were rescued 72 days after the crash, and walked for 9 days until a shepherd found them across a river and they sent messages back and forth briefly.

[forzajj]

The location is accurate but those plane parts I'm not 100% sure. They are best guess ;-)

[Hikarilover123]

Is there an exact location? I want to find it myself!

[vb18panda]

what is the song you're playing in the background?

[forzajj]

The song is Rebellion by Arcade Fire

[stitchyman]

thanks heaps for your efforts.

i couldn't read the location info tho due to quality.. but still cool

[forzajj]

Hey, thanks, I added some location info to description

[stormchaser34869]

how to you get the high quality thing on your video?

[forzajj]

I think it depends on the original video quality, at least I didn't do anything special during upload. This video was 720 x 576 wmv.