The Woman Who Fell from the Sky — and Lived

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In January 1972, the world witnessed one of the most unbelievable survival stories in aviation history. ✈️

Serbian flight attendant Vesna Vulović, then just 22 years old, was working aboard JAT Flight 367 when tragedy struck. Mid-flight, the plane exploded at an altitude of 33,000 ft (10,000 m) — a height where survival was considered impossible. 💥

While all 27 others on board perished, Vesna’s fate was astonishingly different. She was discovered trapped in the mangled tail section, pinned down by a food cart 🍽️. Her fall ended in a snowy forest in Czechoslovakia ❄️🌲, where the trees and thick snow helped absorb some of the deadly impact.

Her injuries were catastrophic: broken legs 🦿, fractured skull 🧠, crushed vertebrae 💔, and temporary paralysis. Yet against all odds, she clung to life.

Doctors later credited her survival to a combination of sheer luck, her being inside the tail section, and her low blood pressure, which may have prevented her heart from bursting on impact.

Vesna not only survived — she lived to tell her story, continuing her life with remarkable resilience. 🕊️ She became a symbol of endurance and courage, admired worldwide.

To this day, she holds the Guinness World Record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute 🏅🌍✨ — a record unlikely ever to be broken.

Her story reminds us that even in the darkest moments, the human spirit has an extraordinary will to survive. 🌟