Presenting one of our most frequently sugGISTed stories: the 17-year-old German teenager who survived a plane crash & an 11 day trek through the jungle. On Christmas Eve, 1971, Juliane Koepcke was on a plane flying over the Amazon. Half-way into the one hour flight, the plane flew into a tropical storm, was struck by lightning and split in half. Juliane was sucked out of the plane and fell more than 3km back to earth, landing alone in the rainforest…alive and barely injured.

Juliane then survived the 11 day hike back to civilisation thanks to a combination of her extensive knowledge of the jungle and incredibly good luck. 

Jacob shares the wild ride with guest host Sean Szeps (@seanszeps) 

Hear more from Sean is his podcast ‘Come Out Wherever You Are’ where he speaks with members of the LGBTQIA+ community about coming out for the first time…and every time after that.

We’d recommend his episode with our very own dulcet toned Adonis, Jacob Stanley.

Skip straight to the story: approx 5:20

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

Watch Werner Herzog’s film “Wings of Hope” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msipyM4vyLg  

Read Juliane’s biography “When I Fell From the Sky” https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11931498-when-i-fell-from-the-sky  

If you want a giggle, watch some of “Miracles Still Happen”, the dreadful Italian movie made about Juliane’s story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne7MOiWzwSU  

Read an excellent interview with Juliane in the New York Times from last year https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/science/koepcke-diller-panguana-amazon-crash.html 

Read Rosie's latest Instagram post here https://www.instagram.com/p/CdvRPi7P2Gn/ 

Listen to Jacob's episode of 'Come Out Wherever You Are' here https://link.chtbl.com/kyxWtitN

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