As the result of a recent thread about falling from great heights, I came across the story of a woman named Velma Vulović, who holds the world record for highest fall without a parachute.
In 1972, Velma became the sole survivor of an airplane which broke up in mid-air, forcing the plane to plummet 33k+ feet into the snow.
It’s weird enough that Velma survived this accident, but what really made it even stranger for me was that Velma was not supposed to be on the plane in the first place. According to her Wikipedia article, she was mistaken for another Velma who was supposed to be on that flight.
That scenario brought to mind the recent tragedy regarding the woman who missed her doomed flight only to die in a car crash a short time later, a la Final Destination.
So my question is this. Does anybody know what happened to the flight attendant named Velma who was supposed to be on the ill-fated flightin 1972?
I have been unable to find any record of her last name in my (oh, 20 mins or so) of research (read: Googling).