Who was the first person ever to survive a deadly plane crash ?

Vesna Vulovi膰 (Serbian: 袙械褋薪邪 袙褍谢芯胁懈褯) (born 3 January 1950) holds the Guinness Book of Records world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 meters (33,316 feet).[1][2]

The fall occurred on January 26, 1972, over Srbsk谩 Kamenice in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), after JAT Yugoslav Flight 364, on which Vulovi膰 was a flight attendant, exploded. The cause of the explosion has never been established, but was attributed by the Yugoslav and Czechoslovakian authorities to a bomb placed on the plane by a Croatian Terrorist group, known as the Usta拧a[3]. The explosion tore the DC-9-32 to pieces in mid-air, and she was the only survivor. Vulovi膰 says that she was found in the middle section of the plane.

The 22-year old was not scheduled to be on that flight; she had been mixed up with another female flight attendant who was also named Vesna.

Vulovi膰 continued working for JAT at a desk job following her full recovery from injuries which included a fractured skull, two broken legs and three broken vertebrae, which left her temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. She regained the use of her legs after surgery. She is considered a national heroine throughout the former Yugoslavia.

Vulovi膰 was awarded the Guinness Record title by Paul McCartney at a ceremony.