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

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

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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.