When lightning struck LANSA Flight 508 on Christmas Eve of 1971, Juliane Koepcke fell 10,000 feet from the plane into the Peruvian jungle. Miraculously, the 17-year-old survived and spent the next 11 days following a stream in the rainforest until she encountered loggers who brought her to safety.

When lightning struck LANSA Flight 508 on Christmas Eve of 1971, Juliane Koepcke fell 10,000 feet from the plane into the Peruvian jungle. Miraculously, the 17-year-old survived and spent the next 11 days following a stream in the rainforest until she encountered loggers who brought her to safety.

Posted Mar 5, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC

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