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Andes survivors play rugby 40 years after disaster

Survivors of a plane crash in the Andes who were kept alive by eating the bodies of the victims have played a rugby match in Chile to mark the 40th anniversary of the accident.

The Uruguayan team was travelling from Montevideo to Santiago to play against against a local team when their plane crashed in 1972.

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