Flight 509, operated by Peruvian airline LANSA, was flying from Lima to Iquitos, with a stop in Pucallpa, where Juliane and her mother were heading. The X marks the approximate location of the crash.

Lansa Flight 508 When: 24 December 1971 Who: Juliane Koepcke, aged 17 open image in gallery Juliane Koepcke pictured during a visit to the crash site in 1998 (Handout) ...

Their only option was to fly out on Christmas Eve on LANSA Flight 508, a turboprop airliner that could carry 99 people. Juliane's father knew the Lockheed L-188 Electra plane had a terrible ...

Out of the 92 passengers and crew on LANSA Flight 508, she was the only one to survive. Her remarkable story made headlines worldwide, capturing the hearts of many who were inspired by her courage ...

In December 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke and her mother were traveling to see her father on LANSA Flight 508 when the plane was felled by lightning and broke apart. Considered the worst ...

29 December 1971. Heath, William. "Survivor of Crash Found After 12 Days." Associated Press. 4 January 1972. Koepcke, Juliane. "Juliane Koepcke: How I Survived a Plane Crash." BBC. 24 March 2012.

17-year-old Juliane Kopcke (centre front) was the sole survivor of the crash of LANSA Flight 508 in the Peruvian rainforest. Photo / Getty Images In 1971, a teenage girl fell from the sky for ...

On Christmas Eve 1971, lightning struck Lansa Flight 508 over Peru, causing it to explode. Juliane Koepcke was the only survivor of the 92 people on board after falling two miles strapped in to ...

The LANSA Flight 508, carrying 99 people, crashed in 1971, the site reported. Larisa Savitskaya According to El Pais, Savitskaya survived "a fall from 5,220 meters (more than 17,000 feet) holding ...