The survivors in the 1972 plane crash demonstrated a group of great leaders. They used leadership strategies in order to save the lives of themselves and others. Being placed in critical situations does not always give you an opportunity to incorporate a plan. Some situations come uninspected. It is totally up to the individual to able to establish a contingency plan when problems are so risky and drastic. The team took gambles on their lives in order to survive. People had begun to become psychotic. According to Curphy, Ginnett, & Hughes: “Over the next few days, several surviving passengers became psychotic and several others died from their injuries (p.2).” There were no guarantees that anyone was going to survive. They use situational