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Seems like a good place to share a few amazing plane related survival stories: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Elder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laure

by js2 8y ago

Seems like a good place to share a few amazing plane related survival stories: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Elder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Elder Lauren Elder survives 1976 plane crash - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17476615 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17476615 Juliane Koepcke: How I survived a plane crash - http://clear-prop.org/aviation/haynes.html http://clear-prop.org/aviation/haynes.html The Crash of United Flight 232 by Capt. Al Haynes

Stratoscope 8y ago
Oh my, Lauren Elder's story is quite something. She survived the crash, climbed down from the mountain including a 100' descent straight down a dry waterfall, and made her way into Independence, California with a broken arm, looking for help. And people shunned her! Because she looked a bit disheveled.
- henriquemaia 8y ago
  From the Wikipedia's article: > People saw her disheveled appearance and were afraid; Charles Manson had recently been put on trial in the town, and his female followers spent a lot of time hanging around it. The full context makes people's reactions to her much more acceptable and understandable.
  - Stratoscope 8y ago
    Very true, and I didn't mean my comment to be critical of the people in the town. Of course they had reason to be fearful after what they had recently experienced. I was looking at it from her point of view: she barely survived a plane crash where the other two people died, almost lost her life again on the way down the mountain, and then when she thought she'd reached "safety"... Just an awful experience for everyone involved.
  - notsomuch 8y ago
    Not really. It's just as understandable, with or without the Charles Manson detail. People judge appearance at all times, irrespective of context. And whether it's acceptable is your own subjective perception. Your own judgement and opinion determines what you find acceptable.
okl 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87 Vesna Vulović fell 10km and survived.
- brazzy 8y ago
  There are strong doubts about that story: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/13/flight-attendant-record-fall-hoax https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/13/flight-attenda...
Fnoord 8y ago
I'm reminded by the fictional movie Cast Away from 2000 starring Tom Hanks [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_Away https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_Away
RegBarclay 8y ago
United 232 is one of my favorites. The Gimli Glider deserves a mention here too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider I'm fascinated by the great skill demonstrated by pilots handling crippled aircraft.

by js2 8y ago

Stratoscope 8y ago

Oh my, Lauren Elder's story is quite something. She survived the crash, climbed down from the mountain including a 100' descent straight down a dry waterfall, and made her way into Independence, California with a broken arm, looking for help. And people shunned her! Because she looked a bit disheveled.

henriquemaia 8y ago
From the Wikipedia's article: > People saw her disheveled appearance and were afraid; Charles Manson had recently been put on trial in the town, and his female followers spent a lot of time hanging around it. The full context makes people's reactions to her much more acceptable and understandable.
- Stratoscope 8y ago
  Very true, and I didn't mean my comment to be critical of the people in the town. Of course they had reason to be fearful after what they had recently experienced. I was looking at it from her point of view: she barely survived a plane crash where the other two people died, almost lost her life again on the way down the mountain, and then when she thought she'd reached "safety"... Just an awful experience for everyone involved.
- notsomuch 8y ago
  Not really. It's just as understandable, with or without the Charles Manson detail. People judge appearance at all times, irrespective of context. And whether it's acceptable is your own subjective perception. Your own judgement and opinion determines what you find acceptable.

okl 8y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87 Vesna Vulović fell 10km and survived.

brazzy 8y ago
There are strong doubts about that story: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/13/flight-attendant-record-fall-hoax https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/13/flight-attenda...

Fnoord 8y ago

I'm reminded by the fictional movie Cast Away from 2000 starring Tom Hanks [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_Away https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_Away

RegBarclay 8y ago

United 232 is one of my favorites. The Gimli Glider deserves a mention here too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider I'm fascinated by the great skill demonstrated by pilots handling crippled aircraft.