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Javier Alberto Methol Abal

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Javier Alberto Methol Abal

Born December 11, 1935 · Montevideo, Uruguay

Died June 4, 2015 · aged 79

Javier Alfredo Methol Abal was a Uruguayan businessman and lecturer. He was one of the 16 survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 and the oldest survivor. After the disaster, he returned to the tobacco company Abal Hnos., where he later served as a director and corporate affairs executive. He also became a public speaker and founded the ¡Viven! Foundation in 2007.

Known For

Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the MountainsStranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains · 2007
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
★ 8.02007
MovieDocumentaryHistory
The story, told by the survivors, of a group of young men, members of a Uruguayan rugby team, who managed to survive for 72 days, at an altitude of almost 4,000 meters, in the heart of the Andes Mountains, after their plane, en route to Chile, crashed there on October 13, 1972.

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