Álvaro Mangino, second right, following his rescue from the Andes in 1972 - @alvaromangino.oficial/Newsflash/NX ...

A man who survived a plane crash in the Andes by eating the bodies of dead fellow passengers has died at the age of 71. Alvaro Mangino, who was one of 16 passengers who survived the now infamous ...

Álvaro Mangino, who has died on the eve of his 72nd birthday, was a survivor of what became known as both “the tragedy of the Andes” and “the miracle of the Andes”, when a plane carrying ...