How I survived a plane crash
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How I survived a plane crash
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#2This reminds me of an insanely compelling and moving plane crash survival documentary featuring commentary from survivors streaming on Netflix, a must see..
http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Stranded_I_ve_Come_from_a_Pl...
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#3Couldn't infrared have been used to detect where the living humans were after the plane had crashed?
Sad outcome for the mother. :(
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#4A great classic story of survival. I can't get enough of these. Makes me glad to have the life that I do. No matter what silly hardships I think I have, I can just be glad I never had to deal with a horrific situation like this.
I recommend checking out the series "I Shouldn't Be Alive". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Shouldnt_Be_Alive
Looking through the episode list, I'm surprised that Juliane's story isn't in there.
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#5I learned a lot about life in the rainforest, that it wasn't too dangerous. It's not the green hell that the world always thinks.
If by Peruvian Rainforest she means Peruvian Amazon, I fathom how anyone wouldn't think of it as a green hell. Thousands of people have died simply from travelling through it.
What an ordeal, though.
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#6Couldn't infrared have been used to detect where the living humans were after the plane had crashed? Sad outcome for the mother. :(
This particular crash was in 1971 in the middle of the Peruvian rainforest. I'm not sure when portable infrared cameras became available, but I doubt they were widely had around this time, and doesn't seem like it crashed near any major cities with air force bases nearby, so while the technology may have existed, I wouldn't be surprised if they were too expensive to just keep lying around waiting to be used.
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#7Great, another horror story to add to my "this is why I abhor air travel" bank. I know the statistics show that planes are very safe, but it's hard to reconcile the numbers with grisly accounts like these.
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#8Great, another horror story to add to my "this is why I abhor air travel" bank. I know the statistics show that planes are very safe, but it's hard to reconcile the numbers with grisly accounts like these.
Surely you can find grisly accounts relating to any mode of transportation you care to name. There's nothing uniquely grisly about air travel accidents.
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#9Couldn't infrared have been used to detect where the living humans were after the plane had crashed? Sad outcome for the mother. :(
This particular crash was in 1971 in the middle of the Peruvian rainforest. I'm not sure when portable infrared cameras became available, but I doubt they were widely had around this time, and doesn't seem like it crashed near any major cities with air force bases nearby, so while the technology may have existed, I wouldn't be surprised if they were too expensive to just keep lying around waiting to be used.
Counting the rich wildlife of such forests along with high density of trees, would spotting a human in all that noise even possible?
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#10Great, another horror story to add to my "this is why I abhor air travel" bank. I know the statistics show that planes are very safe, but it's hard to reconcile the numbers with grisly accounts like these.
Surely you can find grisly accounts relating to any mode of transportation you care to name. There's nothing uniquely grisly about air travel accidents.
In motor vehicle accidents, you don't have time to think about what is going to happen. As a plane is in a freefall, there's at least a good 30 seconds before ground collision. Having that time to think about how your life is about to end seems grisly to me.