Andes Museum 1972 ( ) is located in The Old City in Montevideo , the capital city of Uruguay . It is a museum on the story of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 related to a plane accident that took place in the Andes in 1972 involving a group of Uruguayan high school rugby players , their friends and relatives that were traveling to Chile when the airplane crashed . Some of them belonged to the Old Christians rugby club . Their story on how they survived the tragedy was transmitted worldwide by means of books , documentaries , pictures and conferences and it has been an inspiration to the film '' Alive '' and many books
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Andes Museum 1972