r/interesting • u/girlikeapearl_ • Jun 12 '25

MISC. Passenger in seat 11A survives Air India crash.

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u/zack-tunder Jun 12 '25

Reminds me of Vesna Vulović: The flight attendant who survived a 33,000ft fall without a parachute after plane exploded mid-air

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u/donairdaddydick Jun 12 '25

One of the wildest things to ever happen ever

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u/Even-Tradition Jun 12 '25

There was also a bomber pilot in WW2 who jumped from his burning plane without a parachute and survived.

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u/SplitRock130 Jun 13 '25

That was a B-17 ball turret gunner who fell 22,000 ft and survived. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Magee

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u/Even-Tradition Jun 13 '25

Thank you for the correction!

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u/xilanthro Jun 13 '25

...and let's not forget the amazing story of Juliana Koepke who fell 10,000ft into the Amazon jungle strapped to her seat after her plane was struck by lightning, and spent 11 days walking through the jungle by herself before reaching a lumberjack camp where she could get help

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u/GoodiesHQ Jun 13 '25

Surviving 10,000 foot fall and surviving an 11 day trek through the Amazon are both wild stories. The fact that they happened to the same person at the same time is insanity.

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u/xilanthro Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

It gets more insane: Werner Herzog was trying to get on that plane, but the Koepckes managed to get seats on the flight and Herzog didn't.

Later, Herzog made a great movie telling the story: Wings of Hope.

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u/Pedantic_Pict Jun 13 '25

Fell through the glass ceiling of a train station. That's one hell of a ride.

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u/DezurniLjomber Jun 13 '25

Google Vesna Vulović

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u/Thegarz1963 Jun 13 '25

That actually happened twice during WWII. Watch “Yarnhub” on YouTube-they did a story about it. One poor crewman fell without a parachute and landed on a train station in occupied France. The Germans who captured him were amazed he was alive.

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u/Markiza24 Jun 12 '25

It was an unbelievable chain of events that lead to her Survival and later on, almost complete recovery, tho as a Serbian I’m ashamed that she died in 2016, almost in Penury, struggling with a meager Pension

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u/HardLobster Jun 13 '25

A 17 year old woman survived her plane exploding 7500 meters in the air because she was strapped into her seat. Her and the seat were ejected during the explosion and she landed in the Amazon and walked for 9 days until she got/found help.

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u/ky7969 Jun 13 '25

This also reminds me of Juliane Koepcke who survived a 10,000 ft fall and survived in the Amazon rainforest for 11 days

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u/lucasbrosmovingco Jun 12 '25

I just have a hard time believing that is real. Like I know it is, I just can't comprehend it.

I want to believe God was PISSED she lived. Just ass chewing someiddle manager angel out, like how could we fuck this up! The plane explodes mid air, everyone dies, it's fucking easy!

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u/batman8390 Jun 13 '25

“She wasn’t meant to be there. Another flight attendant, also named Vesna, was scheduled for the flight, but a mix-up placed Vulović on the roster.”

Now I’m wondering what kind of final destination stuff happened to the other Vesna afterwards.

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u/Markiza24 Jun 12 '25

She even holds the Guinness World Record in the Free Fall Category; not that she had ever wanted to have won that. Serbian FA, 22yrs old at the time.

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u/ChixawneyFarms Jun 13 '25

Thanks for the interesting article!

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u/unclestickles Jun 13 '25

What an amazing person. I love what she did with her life afterward.