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Plane Crashed From 3000 Meters Into Abyss. Girl Was The Sole Survivor

A seventeen-year-old girl survived a plane crash - one thing saved her.

Plane Crashed From 3000 Meters Into Abyss. Girl Was The Sole Survivor

TL;DR

  • Juliane Koepcke survived a plane crash after LANSA Flight 508 broke apart in mid-air due to a storm.
  • She fell 3,048 meters (10,000 feet) strapped to her seat and was the only survivor among 92 passengers.
  • Koepcke spent 11 days in the Amazon rainforest, surviving on candy and using survival skills learned from her zoologist parents.
  • She was eventually rescued by local woodsmen and taken to a hospital.
  • Koepcke recovered, helped locate the crash site and victims, and later became director of the Panguana research station.