Story | Juliane Koepcke: The Young Woman Who Fell from the Sky and Survived the Jungle
A três mil metros de altura, o avião se partiu ao meio. Presa ao próprio assento, a jovem de 17 anos despencou em queda livre rumo à imensidão da Amazônia. Contra todas as probabilidades, sobreviveu à queda, mas o verdadeiro teste de resistência estava apenas começando: ferida, sozinha e munida apenas dos ensinamentos dos pais sobre a floresta, ela enfrentou 11 dias de fome, tempestades e perigos reais para encontrar o caminho de volta à vida.
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| Juliane Koepcke: The Young Woman Who Fell from the Sky and Survived the Jungle | Juliane Koepcke: a jovem que caiu do céu e sobreviveu à selva |
| On Christmas Eve 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke boarded a plane in Lima, Peru, with her mother. They were traveling to Pucallpa, where Juliane’s father was waiting for them before they continued to the family’s research station in the Amazon rainforest. | Na véspera de Natal de 1971, Juliane Koepcke, de 17 anos, embarcou com a mãe em um avião que partiu de Lima, no Peru. Elas viajavam para Pucallpa, onde o pai de Juliane as esperava para seguirem até a estação de pesquisa da família, instalada na floresta amazônica. |
| The young woman had attended her graduation ceremony the day before. Her parents, Hans-Wilhelm and Maria Koepcke, were German researchers who studied the region’s wildlife and plants. Juliane also knew the rainforest, having spent part of her childhood there and learned from her parents to observe nature and respect its dangers. | A jovem havia participado da cerimônia de formatura no dia anterior. Seus pais, Hans-Wilhelm e Maria Koepcke, eram pesquisadores alemães que estudavam a fauna e a flora da região. Juliane também conhecia a selva: passara parte da infância naquele ambiente e aprendera com os pais a observar a natureza e a respeitar seus perigos. |
| LANSA Flight 508 was traveling from Lima to Iquitos, with a stop in Pucallpa. Juliane later told the BBC that the plane was about seven hours late. About half an hour after takeoff, the aircraft entered a severe storm. The plane was struck by lightning, and one of its wings caught fire. Amid the turbulence, luggage and Christmas presents began falling from the overhead compartments. | O voo 508 da companhia aérea LANSA seguia de Lima para Iquitos, com escala em Pucallpa. Segundo Juliane contou mais tarde à BBC, o avião estava atrasado havia cerca de sete horas. Aproximadamente meia hora depois da decolagem, a aeronave entrou em uma forte tempestade. O avião foi atingido por um raio, e uma das asas pegou fogo. Em meio à turbulência, bagagens e presentes de Natal começaram a cair dos compartimentos. |
| Juliane later recalled that her mother calmly said, “Now it’s over. It’s all over.” Soon afterward, the plane broke apart in midair. Juliane remained strapped into her seat and plunged toward the forest. She lost consciousness before impact. | Juliane recordaria que sua mãe disse, com calma: “Agora acabou. Está tudo acabado.” Pouco depois, o avião se desintegrou no ar. Juliane continuou presa ao assento pelo cinto de segurança e despencou em direção à floresta. Perdeu a consciência antes do impacto. |
| She awoke the next day, injured and alone, surrounded by vegetation. She had lost her glasses and one sandal, and had a broken collarbone as well as cuts all over her body. Her first thought was simple: she had survived a plane crash. She called for her mother, but no one answered. | Ela acordou no dia seguinte, ferida e sozinha, em meio à vegetação. Estava sem os óculos, havia perdido uma sandália e tinha a clavícula quebrada, além de cortes pelo corpo. Seu primeiro pensamento foi simples: sobrevivera à queda de um avião. Chamou pela mãe, mas não obteve resposta. |
| Unsure where she was, Juliane remembered advice she had learned from her father: if you get lost in the rainforest, look for a watercourse and follow it. Rivers and streams can lead to places where people live. She found a small stream and began walking along its banks. | Sem saber onde estava, Juliane lembrou-se de uma orientação que aprendera com o pai: se alguém se perder na selva, deve procurar um curso d’água e segui-lo. Rios e riachos podem levar a lugares onde há pessoas. Ela encontrou um pequeno curso d’água e começou a caminhar por sua margem. |
| During the journey, she had only a few candies she had found to eat. On the fourth day, she saw airplane seats and the bodies of three passengers. One of the victims was a woman. Juliane looked at her feet and noticed that her toenails were painted. She knew her mother did not wear nail polish. With that realization, she moved away from the site and continued following the stream. | Durante a jornada, alimentou-se apenas com alguns doces que encontrou. No quarto dia, viu assentos do avião e os corpos de três passageiros. Uma das vítimas era uma mulher. Juliane observou seus pés e percebeu que as unhas estavam pintadas. Sua mãe, ela sabia, não usava esmalte. Com essa constatação, afastou-se do local e continuou seguindo o riacho. |
| The days went by. Juliane walked with difficulty, facing hunger, rain, and injuries. A wound on her arm had become infested with maggots. On the tenth day, she reached a hut beside the river. She found fuel and used it on the wound, as she had seen her father do to treat an animal. Exhausted, she decided to spend the night there. | Os dias passaram. Juliane caminhava com dificuldade, enfrentando fome, chuva e ferimentos. Uma lesão no braço havia sido infestada por larvas. No décimo dia, chegou a uma cabana junto ao rio. Encontrou combustível e usou-o na ferida, como vira o pai fazer para tratar um animal. Exausta, decidiu passar a noite ali. |
| The next morning, she heard voices. They belonged to local workers, who were surprised to find a young woman, injured and alone in the middle of the forest. Juliane managed to explain in Spanish who she was and what had happened. The men treated her injuries and took her by boat to a settlement. She was then taken to a hospital, where she was reunited with her father. | Na manhã seguinte, ouviu vozes. Eram trabalhadores da região, que ficaram surpresos ao encontrar uma jovem ferida e sozinha no meio da floresta. Juliane conseguiu explicar em espanhol quem era e o que havia acontecido. Os homens trataram seus ferimentos e a levaram de barco até um povoado. Depois, ela foi transportada para um hospital, onde reencontrou o pai. |
| Juliane was the only person rescued alive from Flight 508. Her mother’s fate was clarified only later. According to accounts Juliane gave later, Maria had initially survived the crash but was gravely injured and died a few days later without reaching a place where she could be helped. The confirmation was devastating for her daughter, who until then had still hoped to find her. | Juliane foi a única pessoa resgatada viva do voo 508. O destino de sua mãe só foi esclarecido mais tarde. Segundo relatos posteriores da própria Juliane, Maria teria sobrevivido inicialmente à queda, mas estava gravemente ferida e morreu alguns dias depois, sem conseguir chegar a um local onde pudesse ser socorrida. A confirmação foi devastadora para a filha, que até então ainda esperava encontrá-la. |
| Juliane’s fall from an estimated height of about 3,000 meters is often mentioned in news reports, although the exact altitude varies by source. The plane was carrying 92 people, and Juliane was the only one who managed to make her way through the forest to an inhabited area. She spent about eleven days in the rainforest before she was found. | A queda de Juliane de uma altura estimada em cerca de três mil metros é frequentemente citada em reportagens, embora a altitude exata varie conforme a fonte. O avião levava 92 pessoas, e Juliane foi a única que conseguiu atravessar a floresta e chegar a um lugar habitado. Ela passou cerca de onze dias na selva até ser encontrada. |
| After the crash, Juliane studied biology and returned to Peru. She worked as a researcher and later took on responsibilities at the scientific station founded by her parents. The forest that so many people considered nothing but a hostile place also became the center of her life and work. | Depois do acidente, Juliane estudou biologia e voltou ao Peru. Trabalhou como pesquisadora e, mais tarde, assumiu responsabilidades na estação científica fundada por seus pais. A floresta que tantas pessoas consideravam apenas um lugar hostil tornou-se também o centro de sua vida e de seu trabalho. |
| Her survival was the result of extraordinary circumstances, but also of the knowledge she had gained since childhood. Juliane knew she needed to find water, understood the forest better than someone without experience, and kept walking even while injured and hungry. Decades later, she summed up her relationship with that place by saying that the rainforest had saved her life and that, for this reason, she wanted to help protect it. | Sua sobrevivência foi resultado de circunstâncias extraordinárias, mas também do conhecimento que adquirira desde criança. Juliane sabia que precisava encontrar água, compreendia melhor a floresta do que alguém sem experiência e continuou caminhando mesmo ferida e faminta. Décadas depois, resumiu sua relação com aquele lugar dizendo que a selva lhe salvara a vida e que, por isso, queria ajudar a protegê-la. |
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