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LANSA Flight 508
LANSA Flight 508 was a Lockheed Electra L-188A turboprop, registered OB-R-941, operated as a scheduled domestic passenger flight by Lineas AĂ©reas Nacionales Sociedad Anonima (LANSA), that crashed in a thunderstorm enroute from Lima, Peru to Pucallpa, Peru, on December 24, 1971, killing 91 of its 6 crew and 86 passengers.Aviation Safety Net Accident Record The sole survivor was a 17 year old girl, who fell 2 miles (3Â km) down into the Amazon rainforest strapped to her seat and remarkably survived the fall, and was then able to walk through the jungle for 10 days until she was rescued by local lumbermen.
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