Juliane Koepcke

(1954-)

mammalogist and only survivor of LANSA Flight 508

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Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), is a German-Peruvian mammalogist who specialises in bats. She is the daughter of German zoologists Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke and sole survivor of the 1971 LANSA Flight 508 crash. When the plane was struck by lightning, she fell 3,000 m (10,000 ft) while strapped to her seat and suffered numerous injuries including a concussion, broken collarbone, and a torn knee ligament. She survived 11 days alone in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest until she located a lumberjack camp.

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Born	10 October 1954 (age 70) Lima
Zodiac	Libra
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Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke · Father · 1914-2000 · German ornithologist edit info

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Maria Koepcke · Mother · 1924-1971 · 20th-century German and Peruvian ornithologist edit info

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