Juliane Koepcke: How I Survived a Plane Crash
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On December 24, 1971, Juliane Koepcke and her mother were flying back to their home in the Peruvian jungle. Their plane was hit by lightning, and broke apart. Juliane, seventeen, was the only survivor. In Sally William’s article and in the audio interview below, Koepcke describes the plane crash and her struggle to survive in the jungle.
Listen to an interview with Juliane Koepcke about her experience.
Seventeen-year-old Julliane Koepcke, on her return to Germany in April 1972. AP Photo; BBC World Service, Outlook © 2012; Sally Williams - The Telegraph, 22nd March 2012 © Telegraph Media Group Limited.
Source: Koepcke, Juliane. Interview with Matthew Bannister. Outlook, BBC World Service. BBC, 21 Mar. 2012. Web. 2 July 2012. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pkc3y