Discover the tragic true story that inspired the plot of the survival series “Yellowjackets.” The series tells the story of a women’s soccer team that survived a plane crash.
Set in the late ’90s, “Yellowjackets” tells the story of a women’s soccer team who survived when their plane crashed into a forest in Canada. The events in the series are inspired by real-life occurrences.
The plot of the series is based on the crash of Uruguay Air Force Flight 571, which carried an amateur rugby team and crashed into the Andes Mountains in October 1972.
The flight took off from Montevideo, Uruguay, heading to Santiago, Chile. It crashed into a mountain and exploded, resulting in 12 of the 45 passengers dying.
The survivors of the tragedy had to resort to cannibalism to survive in the snow by eating the bodies of the deceased. Six people died from hunger and cold, and eight others perished in an avalanche.
After the rescue, only 12 passengers remained after 72 days in the Andes Mountains.
The series creator, Ashley Lyle, told NPR that she was inspired by the real-life crash of Flight 571 and the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding.
“There was a girl in my school who poisoned another girl’s food just for fun. Just because girls are nice to each other, doesn’t tell the whole story,” she said.
The third season of the series airs weekly on Paramount+ with Showtime.
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