'Alive' Movie Analysis : Organisational Behaviour In Action - Pooja, TISS Mumbai
In 1972, an Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people, which included a rugby union team, their family and friends, crashed in the Andes mountains. 27 people survived the crash and sought shelter in the wreckage of the flight. However, an avalanche, and injuries as well as the cold took many lives, and only 16 people survived the incident. Stranded in the Andes mountains, they battled the harsh elements, and had little food and no fuel. They ultimately had to resort to eating the dead. Two members from the group undertook a gruelling 10 day trek across the mountainous landscape, and were finally found by a Chilean arriero. The rest of the survivors were then rescued. A film was made on this incident in 1993, titled ‘Alive’.
Pooja Wanpal
