She made an almost complete recovery but continued to walk with a limp. She broke almost every bone in her body and she was paralysed temporarily. She was an amazing woman. It is extremely probable that the aircraft was shot down by mistake by the Czechoslovak air force, and in order to cover it up the secret police conceived the record plunge, he said. [4] "Whenever I think of the accident, I have a prevailing, grave feeling of guilt for surviving it and I cry Then I think maybe I should not have survived at all. Upon returning to Belgrade, Vulovi decided to become a flight attendant after seeing one of her friends in a flight attendant's uniform. Unsubscribe at any time. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Ju flights to Danmark were either 36x or 37x and for Sweden 38x The 22-year old Serbian flight attendant Vesna Vulovic was part of the secondary cabin crew who boarded the airplane in Copenhagen, where the flight made a brief stopover en route to Belgrade. She fainted upon being shown a newspaper headline by her doctor and had to be tranquilized. A regular landing isnt a free fall any more than walking down the stairs is. Stealth pun, Something definitely not correct here!!!! Departing Copenhagen in the afternoon, the DC-9 was flying on a busy route. [11] The Czechoslovak Civil Aviation Authority later attributed the explosion to a briefcase bomb. Jaiprakash Associates defaults on Rs 4,161-crore loans on March 31, Delhi Police yet to record statement of women wrestlers protesting against WFI chief, Hussamuddin off to winning start at Mens World Boxing Championships, Shimla Municipal Corporation Election Today: Litmus test as Cong looks to regain control; for BJP a battle of prestige, Giaspura gas leak: People back in their homes but scared, cordon area reduced to 50 yards, Farooq Abdullah challenges governments claims about ending terrorism in J&K, At 15 years old, just imagine it: Xavi hails youngest Barca debutant Lamine Yamal, calls him similar to Lionel Messi, Mangaluru International Airport launches Integrated Cargo Terminal to boost air cargo operations, Two sanitation workers asphyxiated to death near Chennai on International Workers Day, Delhi Police sends notice to Atiq Ahmeds associate Guddu Muslim in Arms Act case, Satiate those hunger pangs with this healthy snack, Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, Statutory provisions on reporting (sexual offenses), This website follows the DNPAs code of conduct. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Her skull was broken and hemorrhaging, both of her legs were broken, and she had three crushed vertebrae. Serbia's state TV said Saturday . Learn how your comment data is processed. She suffered a fractured skull, three broken vertebrae, broken legs, broken ribs, and a fractured pelvis. As fate would have it, Vesna was not actually scheduled to be working on Flight 367, as she revealed in a 2002 interview with Green Light. She was, he said, offered a million dollar contract for a Hollywood movie and many other offers to sell her story, but she said no to all of them. Air safety investigators attributed the explosion to a briefcase bomb. Composition of the explosive and ignition charge has been determined.
