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Oct 1, 2022 · Strapped aboard plane wreckage hurtling uncontrollably towards Earth, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke had a fleeting thought as she glimpsed the ground 3,000 metres below her. The trees in the dense ...
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Jan 16, 2024 · After 11 days of solitary survival in the rainforest, she was rescued by local fishermen, emerging as the sole survivor of the tragic incident. Juliane rests in a Peru hospital with her father by her side after she survived a plane crash and 11 days in the Amazon. (Photo credit: Juliane Koepcke).
Mar 24, 2012 · Juliane Koepcke was flying over the Peruvian rainforest with her mother when her plane was hit by lightning. She survived a two-mile fall and found herself alone in the jungle, just 17. More...
Mar 10, 2024 · On December 24, 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke survived the crash of LANSA Flight 508 and then trekked through the Peruvian rainforest for 11 days.
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Jan 9, 2016 · By March of 1972, Juliane Koepcke had recovered and returned to school in Lima. She planned to study for two years, and then take the entrance exam at a German university. However, she continued to be constantly followed and beset by journalists and others who were interested in her story.
Mar 12, 2024 · For 11 days, she battled against hunger, thirst and severe insect bites, surviving only on a packet of sweets she'd found in the plane's wreckage. Although rescue planes searched for survivors from the crash, the jungle's dense vegetation meant the rescuers couldn't spot Koepcke.
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Nov 15, 2022 · Photo: Getty Images. December 24th, 1971 saw the crash that effectively ended LANSA's time as an operational airline. Caused by a lightning strike, the Lockheed L-188 Electra partially broke up while flying at more than 20,000 feet, and crashed into the Amazon rainforest below.
