In the wake of the recent miracle survival in the Yemenia Flight 626 crash I came across this even more amazing crash survival.

Summary:

• In 1971 Juliane Köpcke was in a plane that broke apart 3km above the Amazon jungle
• She found herself in free fall while still strapped into a row of seats – she remembers seeing the jungle spinning below her
• She landed in thick jungle and lost consciousness
• She woke up the next morning with cuts, concussion and a broken collarbone as her only injuries
• She knew that her best hope was to follow a river downstream which she did for 10 days despite her injuries and having almost no food
• Eventually she was found and rescued by Peruvian loggers

That’s pretty amazing stuff!