Nando Parrado co-wrote the 2006 book '' Miracle in the Andes : 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home '' , with Vince Rause . In '' Miracle in the Andes '' , Nando Parrado returns to the events described in Piers Paul Read 's 1974 book , '' Alive : The Story of the Andes Survivors '' ( which tells the story of the people , most of whom were part of a Uruguayan rugby team consisting of alumni of Stella Maris College ( Montevideo ) , who were on Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 , which crashed into the Andes mountains on October 13 , 1972 ) . When what little food they had ran out after ten days , those still alive agreed that after their death the others should eat their bodies to survive
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Miracle in the Andes