The longest fall - Vesna Vulovic

[skeptical]

Amazing fact for the day. The world record for the longest fall without a parachute goes to a Serbian air hostess, who was on a DC9 that was blown up mid air. She fell 10 kilometres, and survived!

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[Granfalloon]

I was expecting some unusual physics to be responsible for her survival, but she was actually quite vitiated. Even more interesting is her self-professed unrelated role in the political landscape of Croatia and Bosnia.

 

[Happy Joe]

From my parachuting days;
you reach terminal velocity relatively quickly after that you fall at a relatively constant rate... 'chuteless survival is mostly in how (body position/orientation) and where (swamp, parking lot etc.) you land... not mentioning luck...

Enjoy!