What Happens If You Fall out of an Airplane?

30,000 feet, 9,144 meters, 9 kilometers or 5.7 miles — so far, only one person has ever survived a free fall from that height. Would you be as lucky? On January 26, 1972, an explosion aboard JAT Airlines Flight 367 resulted in the impossible. 22-year-old flight attendant Vesna Vulovic fell from 10,000 meters (33,000 feet) in the air, setting a world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute. How did she survive?

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