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The article is somewhat scarce on details but it sounds like both of her pilot chutes opened while failing to deploy main/reserve chutes. Pilot chutes alone wil
by anthonybsd 7y ago
The article is somewhat scarce on details but it sounds like both of her pilot chutes opened while failing to deploy main/reserve chutes. Pilot chutes alone will push your terminal velocity way down. If she fell in wooded area those chutes were likely to catch on branches which again would have been hugely helpful in slowing her down. I find that [1] Vesna Vulović case is a lot more curious in terms of miraculous survival.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulovi%C4%87
- tim333 7y agoHaving a read of the wikipedia it says she was discovered screaming amongst the wreckage so maybe was attached to some part of that that descended slower than human free fall speed?
- anthonybsd 7y agoThis one goes into a bit more detail regarding how she managed to survive the fall: https://allthatsinteresting.com/vesna-vulovic https://allthatsinteresting.com/vesna-vulovic "While many other passengers were sucked out of the plane after the explosion, Vulović became pinned by the cart. The small section she was in fell to the ground on a heavily wooded, snow-covered hillside. Vulović’s doctors concurred with the air investigators and added their own conclusions. They claimed that the very thing that almost kept Vulović from being a flight attendant is what ultimately saved her life. Her physicians believe her low blood pressure kept her heart from bursting on impact with the mountainside. "
- bujak 7y agoIt's not much of a miracle. The official version of the event is probably false. The aircraft was likely shot down by czechoslovak forces at a low altitude in a monumental fuckup.