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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,298 posts) Fri Jan 28, 2022, 05:33 PM Jan 2022

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An air stewardess fell 33,000 feet and lived to tell the tale 50 years ago, January 26, 1972:

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An air stewardess fell 33,000 feet and lived to tell the tale 50 years ago today:

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Isn’t she a zoologist is Germany now?

Wrong long-faller. You are thinking of Julianne Koepcke.
Vesna Vulovic died in 2016.

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An air stewardess fell 33,000 feet and lived to tell the tale 50 years ago, January 26, 1972: (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 OP

why yes llashram Jan 2022 #1

Mercifully, she can't remember anything about the explosion and fall! Karadeniz Jan 2022 #2

llashram

(6,265 posts)

1. why yes

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jan 28, 2022, 05:36 PM

Jan 2022

yes, she did. Amazing

Karadeniz

(22,470 posts)

2. Mercifully, she can't remember anything about the explosion and fall!

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jan 28, 2022, 06:12 PM

Jan 2022

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