The school gained accidental fame when its alumni rugby team flew on Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 , which crashed into the Andes mountains on October 13 , 1972 . The story of the crash and rescue was first told in the 1974 book '' Alive : The Story of the Andes Survivors '' and more recently in the 2006 book '' Miracle in the Andes : 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home '' . The school also appeared in the documentary , '' Alive : 20 Years Later ''
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Stella Maris College (Montevideo)