A Uruguayan rugby team has played a match that was postponed for four decades after their plane crashed in the Andes, stranding some members for months and forcing them to eat human flesh to stay alive.
The Old Christians Club squared off in Santiago against Chile's Old Grangonian Club to mark the 40th anniversary of a crash made internationally famous by a best-selling book and a Hollywood movie, Alive.
Military jets flew over the field where parachutists in Chilean and Uruguayan flags landed, and survivors wept when officials unveiled a commemorative frame with pictures of those who died in the snowy peaks.
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