Musi waZvita 24, 1971, ndege yakarongedzwa yekutakura vanhu, LANSA Ndege 508 kana kunyoreswa se OB-R-94, yakadonha mukutinhira kwemheni apo yaive munzira kubva kuLima kuenda kuPucallpa, Peru. Iyi tsaona inosiririsa inoonekwa seyakaipisisa mheni yakarova njodzi munhoroondo.
Tsaona inotyisa yemhepo yatora hupenyu hwevanhu makumi mapfumbamwe nevasere kusanganisira vevashandi vese vatanhatu uye makumi masere nemakumi masere nevasere vaivamo. Akapona chete aive nemakore gumi nemanomwe mudzidzi wechikoro chesekondari anonzi Julian Koepcke, akawira pasi zviuru gumi (10,000 mamaira) pasi achakasungirirwa pachigaro chake uye akararama zvinoshamisa. Akazokwanisa kufamba musango kwemazuva gumi kusvikira anunurwa nevarume vemuno.
Juliane Koepcke aidzidza muLima, achifunga kuzove chiremba wezvemhuka. Zuva iro anga achifamba naamai vake Maria Koepcke kubva kuLima achidzokera kumba kwavo kuPanguana. Nehurombo, tsaona yakatora hupenyu hwevanhu vese mubhodhi kusanganisira raamai vake. Juliane akati nezve tsaona iyi:
“Ndakanzwa mota ine ruzha zvinoshamisa nevanhu vachiridza mhere ndege ichibva yadonha zvakanyanya. Uye ipapo kwaive kudzikama-kusinganzwisisike kudzikiswa uchienzaniswa neruzha pamberi paizvozvo. Ini ndaingonzwa mhepo munzeve dzangu. Ndakanga ndakabatirira pachigaro changu. Amai vangu nemurume anga akagara padhuze nepo vese vaive vaburitswa kubva pazvigaro zvavo. Ini ndanga ndasununguka-kudonha, ndizvo zvandakanyoresa zvechokwadi. Ndakanga ndiri mumuswe wemuswe. Ndakaona sango riri pasi pangu-senge 'giriflower yakasvibirira, senge broccoli,' ndiyo marondedzerero andakazoita. Ipapo ndakapera simba uye ndakazomukazve gare gare, zuva raitevera. ”
Zvisinei, Ndege 508 yaive ndege yekupedzisira yeLANSA, kambani yakarasikirwa nemvumo yekushanda mushure memavhiki mashoma echiitiko chinotyisa ichi.
Gare gare muna 2010, Juliane Koepcke akataura kuzvidemba kwake achiti:
“Ndairota hope dzakaipa kwenguva yakareba, kwemakore, uyezve shungu dzekufa kwamai vangu uye nedzevamwe vanhu dzakadzoka zvakare. Pfungwa yekuti Sei Ndini ndega ndakapona? kunditambudza. Zvicharamba zvakadaro. ”
Muna 1998, firimu yeTV yakatumidzwa Mapapiro eTariro, Yakatungamirwa naWerner Herzog yakaburitswa, ichitsanangura chiitiko ichi. Unogona kuwana izvi pa YouTube (pano).
