History of the flight attendants who survived after falling from a height of 10 thousand meters

• The history of the flight attendants who survived after falling from a height of 10 thousand meters of

December 23, 2016 at the age of 66 years died the legendary flight attendant Vesna Vulovic, who in 1972 was present in the explosion in the cabin, and then dropped with debris from a height of 10 km. She suffered multiple fractures and injuries has fallen for several days in a coma, but then recovered, entered the Guinness Book of Records and became a world celebrity.

January 26, 1972 22-year-old Vesna Vulovic was flying from Stockholm to Belgrade on the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 Yugoslav Airlines Airlines plane. When the plane flew over the German Hersdorf, he disappeared from the radar, and after 46 minutes after departure exploded in the air. It is assumed that a bomb on board carried by Croatian nationalists - Ustashe. The debris fell near the village of Kamenica Srpska in Czechoslovakia.

Of the 28 people who were on board, survived only Vulovic. As a result of the fall, she received a fractured skull, three vertebrae, pelvis and both legs, stayed a few days in a coma, but then I woke up and the first thing asked for a cigarette. Interestingly, she mistakenly hit the airline on a flight instead of the other flight attendants with the same name (Spring Nikolic). By the time of the disaster the stewardess is not yet finished training and the crew was as a trainee.

What saved Vulovic, who spent three minutes in free fall? Perhaps the fact that it got caught in the tail of the plane, between the bodies and pieces of luggage. In addition, a blow softened pine branches and a thick layer of snow.

Her screams heard in the forest ranger Bruno Henke, who during the Second World War, was a doctor of the German army. He helped her survive until medical help arrives.

Vulovic spent 10 months with paralysis of the lower body (from the waist to the feet). After that, she was treated by another six months, but then rebounded, and even asked to fly again in the flights with JAT. She refused and instead gave the work in the airline office.

Such fearlessness because Spring did not remember the accident or his salvation. In an interview in 2008 she admitted that she remembers only how welcomed passengers after takeoff from Copenhagen, and then - like waking up in the hospital and saw her mother.

Vulovic became a national heroine: she gave welcome Marshal Tito, which was then considered a great honor for a citizen of Yugoslavia. A woman dedicated songs and invited her to the most popular TV shows. It has become popular to name girls after a flight attendant who survived: it supposedly brought them luck.

Vesna Vulovic used his fame for political purposes: it protested against the government of Slobodan Milosevic, and later campaigned for one of the parties in the elections.

Peak Vulovic international fame came in 1985 when, on behalf of the Guinness Book of records, she was invited to London. There Vulovic was awarded as a man who survived the fall without a parachute with a maximum height. Prize woman handed musician Paul McCartney, the idol of her youth.

Spring said she was in the same degree of "Lost" that other residents of Serbia: "We Serbs, really survived. We have experienced communism, Tito, war, poverty, NATO bombing, sanctions and Milosevic. We just want a normal life. "

December 23 Vesna Vulovic was found dead at his home in Belgrade: Police opened an apartment woman at the request of her friends worried that she did not return calls. The cause of death is unknown, but according to friends Vulovic, her health has recently deteriorated.