An eye-opening simulation offers insight into the incredible story of Vesna Vulovic, a plane cabin crew worker who accidentally earned a world record when she survived the highest-ever fall following a plane crash.
Vesna became the new world record holder during the fateful Yugoslav Airlines flight on January 26, 1972, when she was working as a crew member on the journey from Sweden to Serbia.
The flight path took the aircraft over what is now the Czech Republic, and it was there that the plane suddenly exploded into three pieces.
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It was later suspected that a bomb had been planted inside the jet as it made a stopover in Denmark, the BBC reports, however, the theory was never proven.
Whatever it was that caused the blast, it resulted in the death of 27 passengers and crew - everyone on board except for Vesna.
As the plane plummeted to the ground, Vesna found herself trapped by a food cart in the tail section of the plane.
The section in which Vesna was stuck then landed in a heavily wooded and snow-covered part of the mountains, which is thought to have cushioned the impact of the aircraft slamming into the ground from 33,333 feet.
Vesna began screaming out as the plane exploded and landed, and thankfully her calls caught the attention of a woodsman named Bruno Honke, who was able to rescue her from the wreckage.
Vesna has no memory of the accident or her rescue, but a simulation created by YouTuber Zack D. Films offers insight into the moments before the plane hit the ground.
Viewers have been left stunned by the story, with one person writing: "The fact she made a full recovery after severe injuries is amazing. Everyone that died may rest in peace."
After she was found, Vesna was rushed to hospital, where she fell into a coma for 10 days after suffering a fractured skull, two crushed vertebrae, and a broken pelvis, ribs and legs.
Vesna was temporarily paralyzed as a result of her injuries, but over time she made almost a full recovery as well as securing her Guinness World Record for the highest fall survived without a parachute.
In an interview with The New York Times in 2008, she said: "I was broken, and the doctors put me back together again. Nobody ever expected me to live this long."
Though Vesna did not go back to work as a member of the cabin crew, she continued to fly as a passenger on planes and said others 'always want[ed] to sit next to' her.
In 2016, Vesna sadly passed away at the age of 66.
Emily Brown