You Fell 10,000 Feet Into the Amazon | Juliane Koepcke

Juliane Koepcke fell 10,000 feet from LANSA Flight 508 into the Amazon rainforest, still buckled into her seat — and survived 11 days alone in the jungle. This is her true story, told in second person: you are there. December 24, 1971. A 17-year-old girl and her mother board a flight in Lima to go home for Christmas. Half an hour later, lightning tears the plane apart. You fall about three kilometers (roughly 10,000 feet) into the Peruvian Amazon — and wake up alive. Broken collarbone, no glasses, one sandal, a bag of sweets. Nobody knows you survived. Eleven days, one rule from her father, and the only person of 92 on board to walk out of the jungle: the girl who fell from the sky. 0:00 Cold open 0:35 Part 1 · Christmas Eve (Dec 24, 1971) 1:50 Part 2 · Day 1 (Christmas Day) 2:56 Part 3 · The Search (Days 2–4) 3:55 Part 4 · The River (Days 5–9) 4:59 Part 5 · The Boat (Days 10–11) 6:05 Part 6 · Home (Jan 3, 1972) 6:58 Closing Sources: ABC News (2022) "The girl who fell 3km into the Amazon and survived"; Rare Historical Photos; High Sierra Pilots; Spektrum.de "Flug LANSA 508"; Today I Found Out; Juliane Koepcke, "When I Fell From the Sky" (2011). #JulianeKoepcke #planecrash #survival #amazon #truestory #history #youareherehistory