How far has a human fallen without dying?
How far has a human fallen without dying? And Serbian flight attendant Vesna Vulovic holds the Guinness world record for the longest survived fall — over 30,000 feet — after her plane blew up in the 1970s, though some cynics think the real height of Vulovic's fall was a mere 2,600 feet.
Can you survive a 4000 foot fall?
But not for Victoria Cilliers. The 4,000ft (1,200m) fall caused by her husband tampering with her parachute resulted in several broken bones, but not death. Hers is far from being the greatest height from which someone has dropped and survived.
What happens if you jump into water from a great height?
Even if you enter feet-first in a straight, vertical line, and like a pencil, that impact can be strong enough to compress your spine, break bones, or give you a concussion. The force of the water can knock people unconscious on impact, and even if you survive, you may drown.
Has anyone fallen out of an airplane and survived?
Vesna Vulovic (Serbian Cyrillic: ????? ???????, pronounced [?êsna ?û?lo?it?]; 3 January 1950 – 23 December 2016) was a Serbian flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute: 10.16 kilometres (6.31 miles).