Juliane Koepcke, the only survivor, fell from an altitude of 2,000 meters, next to the burning wreckage of the plane, into the jungle. My mother forcefully unclasped her hand from mine so that I would never touch her alive again. The plane split in two just in front of me a few rows from the tail, at times the weightlessness accompanied the feeling of vertigo of an abyss visible around us.

that departed the aircraft at tail level:

The plane descended about 4,000 m and the pilot was looking for denser air to make an emergency landing.Īt about 12:36 p.m., a lightning bolt is said to have struck the plane over the right wing and set fire to the fuel tank (a fact that was never actually proven with certainty), the fire causing general structural failure. The shakes became more and more violent and the carry-on luggage spilled out of their cubicles. Passengers, we inform you that the area of turbulence we are going through is due to a major storm over the Amazon jungle. The voice of a Flight attendant was heard over the loudspeakers: The developing storm was a Cumulonimbus type with intense electrical activity and the aircraft was subjected to turbulent air currents. The plane lost height to 6,000 m and began to shake, causing concern among the passengers. Former President Donald Trump made the egregious claim that the perpetrators of the violent attacks on Israel are entering the U.S. It crossed the Peruvian Andes at 7000 m in good weather, having made its last report when it flew over Oyón in the Sierra de Lima, entering 40 minutes after takeoff in Amazonian skies where a bad weather front was germinating. Accident įlight 508 took off late around noon heading to Pucallpa and then continued to the city of Iquitos in the middle of the Peruvian jungle. It is the deadliest lightning strike disaster in history. Pilot error causing lightning strike and break-upĬaptain Rolden International Airport, PucallpaĬoronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta International Airport, Iquitos On 7 June 2016, YouTube user Jayden Tanner published a video purportedly showing 'leaked' footage of a trophy hunter being attacked by a lion while posing for a photograph with another lion she. A LANSA Lockheed L-188 Electra similar to the accident aircraft A Santa Monica resident shared a video online of looters raiding an Amazon delivery van during protests over the death of George Floyd in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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