Is ‘Yellowjackets’ based on a true story? Everything to know about the plane crash that inspired the series

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Here’s what to know about the influence behind the series.“Yellowjackets” was partly inspired by the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which had the Uruguayan amateur rugby team on board when it went down in the Andes mountains.On Oct.

13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed with 40 passengers and five crew members. The plane was scheduled to take the team from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, for a game (similar to the “Yellowjackets” soccer team).

After striking a mountain and losing both of its wings, the aircraft went down.The accident took the lives of 12 people and left many injured.

Within a week, all the provisions from the plane that the passengers used to survive ran out. The survivors turned to cannibalism, eating the corpses of those who had already perished.