Pa Disembala 24, 1971, ndege yonyamula anthu, Ndege ya LANSA 508 kapena olembetsedwa ngati OB-R-94, anagwa mkuntho pamene anali paulendo wochokera ku Lima kupita ku Pucallpa, ku Peru. Ngozi yomvetsa chisoni imeneyi imadziwika kuti ndi mphezi yoopsa kwambiri m'mbiri yonse ya anthu.
Ngozi yowopsa yapamtunda yapha anthu 91 kuphatikiza anthu onse 6 ogwira ntchito komanso 85 mwa omwe akukwera 86 omwe adakwera. Wopulumuka yekhayo anali mwana wasukulu yasekondale wazaka 17 wotchedwa Julian Koepcke, yemwe adagwa pansi (makilomita 10,000) pansi atamangirizidwa pampando wake ndipo adakhala modabwitsa. Kenako adatha kuyenda m'nkhalango kwa masiku 3.2 mpaka atapulumutsidwa ndi akatswiri am'deralo.
Juliane Koepcke anali kuphunzira ku Lima, akufuna kukhala katswiri wa zoo. Tsiku lomwelo anali kuyenda ndi amayi ake a Maria Koepcke kuchokera ku Lima kubwerera kwawo ku Panguana. Tsoka ilo, ngoziyi idatenga moyo wa aliyense m'bwato kuphatikiza amayi ake. Juliane adati za ngoziyi:
“Ndidamva motokala wapamwamba modabwitsa komanso anthu akukuwa kenako ndege idagwa kwambiri. Kenako kunali bata-bata modabwitsa poyerekeza ndi phokoso lisanafike. Ndinkangomva mphepo m'makutu mwanga. Ndidali womangirizidwa pampando wanga. Amayi anga ndi bambo yemwe amakhala pafupi ndi kanjira kawo onse adachotsedwa pamipando yawo. Ndimagwa mwaulere, ndizomwe ndidalembetsa motsimikiza. Ndinali mchira. Ndidaona nkhalango pansi panga ngati 'kolifulawa wobiriwira, ngati broccoli,' ndi momwe ndidafotokozera pambuyo pake. Kenako ndinakomoka ndipo kenako ndinayambanso kuyambiranso tsiku lotsatira. ”
Komabe, Flight 508 inali ndege yomaliza ya LANSA, kampaniyo idataya chilolezo chogwira ntchito patatha milungu ingapo za ngozi yomenyayi.
Pambuyo pake mu 2010, a Juliane Koepcke adadandaula kuti:
“Ndinkalota maloto kwanthawi yayitali, kwazaka zambiri, ndipo zachidziwikire kuti chisoni chakumwalira kwa amayi anga komanso cha anthu ena chidabweranso. Lingaliroli Chifukwa chiyani ndekha ndidapulumuka? zimandivutitsa. Zikhala choncho nthawi zonse. ”
Mu 1998, kanema wapa TV wotchedwa Mapiko a Chiyembekezo, motsogozedwa ndi Werner Herzog adatulutsidwa, pofotokoza mwambowu. Mutha kupeza izi pa YouTube (apa).
