Is it just me or is the most incredible part that she survived the impact? I'd be curious to understand how she fell from that high and didn't die from the immediate impact or wounds sustained from that, such as broken limbs that would have rendered her immobile. I imagine she probably just hit a ton of tree branches which softened the impact considerably. The odds of that seem tiny, but then again it could just be s…
She wasn't so lucky not to break anything, but also amazing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87
How I survived a plane crash
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Re: How I survived a plane crash
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
She wasn't so lucky not to break anything, but also amazing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87
Not really: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87#2009_report
Wikipedia is not the best source... Check out this analysis (in czech) with a map of the wreckage (proving that it was spread over large area)
http://technet.idnes.cz/serial-teroristicky-utok-nad-cssr-pr...
It also says that FDR and CVR were analysed in Amsterdam by dutch and american experts. So they are probably pretty sure in which altitude were they flying.
It also includes chemical composition of the bomb that brought it down.
Re: How I survived a plane crash
#53There's actually a pretty gigantic list of sole survivors from plane crashes. Lot of stories here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sole_survivors_of_airli...
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#54The saddest part about this whole story is that it seems if she had searched for her mother she might have saved her. It was probably worse finding out she was still alive after the crash.
How would you get your orientation to know where the other bit of the aircraft was? It's enough of a challenge simply not to walk around in circles when you're isolated.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Her mother is said to have also survived the crash. Only to die a few days later in the forest.
According to wikipedia, "It was later discovered that as many as 14 other passengers also survived the initial fall from the disintegrated plane but were unable to seek help and died while awaiting rescue." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LANSA_Flight_508
Wow, that's insane. I'm surprised they never made a movie about this.
Re: How I survived a plane crash
#56There's actually a pretty gigantic list of sole survivors from plane crashes. Lot of stories here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sole_survivors_of_airli...
How you could also survive a free fall:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/safety/4...
Re: How I survived a plane crash
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
According to wikipedia, "It was later discovered that as many as 14 other passengers also survived the initial fall from the disintegrated plane but were unable to seek help and died while awaiting rescue." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LANSA_Flight_508
Wow, that's insane. I'm surprised they never made a movie about this.
Re: How I survived a plane crash
#58There's actually a pretty gigantic list of sole survivors from plane crashes. Lot of stories here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sole_survivors_of_airli...
It would be interesting to have seat numbers of survivors.
Re: How I survived a plane crash
#59There's actually a pretty gigantic list of sole survivors from plane crashes. Lot of stories here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sole_survivors_of_airli...
It would be interesting to have seat numbers of survivors.
Popular Mechanics did an analysis of seat location's impact on survivability based on NTSB reports: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/safety/4...
There's relatively little data, though, since commercial airliners don't crash that often.
Re: How I survived a plane crash
#60Is it just me or is the most incredible part that she survived the impact? I'd be curious to understand how she fell from that high and didn't die from the immediate impact or wounds sustained from that, such as broken limbs that would have rendered her immobile. I imagine she probably just hit a ton of tree branches which softened the impact considerably. The odds of that seem tiny, but then again it could just be s…
Well, they did crash into a rain forest that was so dense she couldn't even see the planes she heard above searching for the wreckage. I imagine crashing over something like that has to be one of the safest places it can happen (not counting the survival rates post-crash).
That's what I believed too, that trees would help breaking your fall, right ? Until, one fine day, I was construction workers emptying a 20 floor building for demolition, basically throwing furniture out the window. Uhmm, thick wood doors get impaled on tree branches.
Also, parachutists know to avoid landing in trees at all costs. So nope, trees don't help at all.