Now search efforts were canceled after only eight days because officials believe the plane crashed, killing all aboard. And the survivors had very little food. They had eight chocolate bars, a tin of mussels, three small jars of jam, a tin of almonds, a couple dates, some candies, dried plums, and they had some bottles of wine too. Now during the days following the crash, they divided this into very small amounts, but even with a strict rationing, their food ran out after only one week. They even tried to eat parts of the airplane, such as the cotton inside the seats and leather. Now the survivors did have a radio and they knew that rescue efforts had been called off. And faced with starvation and death, those still alive made an agreement that should they die, the others might consume their bodies to live.