How Juliane Koepcke Survived A Plane Crash And 11 Days Alone In The Amazon

In December 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke and her mother were traveling to see her father on LANSA Flight 508 when the plane was felled by lightning and broke apart. Considered the worst lightning strike in history, the crash ultimately led to the loss of every passenger on board - except Koepcke. The teenager plunged two miles through the air to the floor of a Peruvian jungle, still strapped to her seat. Despite this harrowing experience, she lived to tell the tale. Koepcke, who miraculously suffered only minimal harm, ventured through the forest for 11 days seeking help.

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[WeirdHistory]

How long would you survive alone in the Amazon?

[TimeForAReview]

I would have died about fifteen different times during this journey

[saraa.s]

I would have woken up, looked around, had a heart attack and died

[matthewrreis]

You know you're having a rough day when falling out of an airplane is the least of your problems.

[gs]

So so weird that her entire childhood filled her with skills that she would need to LIVE one day.

[ratking_]

I would have straight up gone back to sleep and died periodt

[iocsparkfire]

Just imagine how many people get lost like this and die without anyone knowing there story

[danniis]

It clearly was not her time. Imagine the odds of not only surviving the crash but also having all the knowledge to survive the aftermath. Slim to none.

[jennajune]

“Fortunately she spoke fluent Spanish”
Of course she did. Every single thing that happened was apart of her upbringing. Almost like she was being prepared for this tragic crash & chain of events, her entire life.

[catatafish]

Her dad: *teaches valuable life lessons that saves her life*
My dad: *can't figure out how to change the clock on the microwave*

[ValentineWan]

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have

[NunoGloop]

Dont think there would be anything scarier than being sucked out of the fusilage and falling from the sky alone

[Warhawk]

Props to her parents for all the good lessons they've taught her

[MasteroftheUnicorns]

I would have died for dehydration for all the crying I would be doing.

[rahhhbkdx]

“Despite the fact that she could see crocodiles slipping in and out of the water, she knew that they seldom bothered humans, meaning that traveling by water was safer than by land.”
THAT. I thought I might last a few days, but you lost me there.

[Littlepaw]

The only person that survived was the one that probably had the most knowledge to do so.
That kind of luck is just astonishing.

[oliviagrahammake-upservice]

I would give myself 6 hours tops. I'd be dead by then.

[Kaylaswilliamss]

if i saw the maggots IN my arm i would literally die on the spot

[catherinemarie]

some notes: she actually has said that she never felt hunger, she only ate sometimes because she felt herself losing energy. also, she knew they were poison frogs at the time but was so out of it that she tried to get them anyway.

[aworte]

She did all this without glasses... I can't even read