Juliane Koepcke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Juliane Koepcke
Occupation	Zoologist
Date Of Birth	Oct 10, 1954(1954-10-10)
Age	70
Birthplace	Lima
Country	Peru
Birth City	Lima Region
Horoscope	Libra

Juliane Koepcke Biography

Juliane Koepcke is one of the most popular and richest Zoologist who was born on October 10, 1954 in Lima, Lima Region, Peru. Juliane Koepcke (born October 10 in 1954) is also known as her married name of Juliane Diller, is a German Peruvian mammalogist. In 1971, as a teen, Koepcke was the lone survivor of the LANSA Flight 508 plane crash Then, she remained for 11 days on her own within the Amazon rainforest.

The story has been widely covered, Koepcke’s tale has been the subject of a feature-length, fictional film as well as a documentary. The first was the low-budget, heavily-fictionalized, I miracoli accadono ancora (1974) by Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Maria Scotese; it was released in English as Miracles Still Happen (1974) and sometimes is called The Story of Juliane Koepcke. In the film, Juliane Koepcke is played in the role of British actor Susan Penhaligon.

Twenty-five years later, director Werner Herzog revisited the story in his film Wings of Hope (1998). In 1971, while location scouting for Aguirre, the Wrath of God, ironically, Herzog would have been on the same flight as Koepcke, but for a last-minute change of his itinerary. Koepcke accompanied him on a visit to the crash site, a journey she described as “a kind of therapy” for her.

Now known as Juliane Diller, she serves as librarian at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology in Munich. Her autobiography, When I Fell From the Sky (German: Als ich vom Himmel fiel), was released on 10 March 2011 by Piper Verlag, for which she received the Corine Literature Prize in 2011. In 2019, the government of Peru awarded her the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services, in the degree of Grand Officer.

Following her recovery from injuries Koepcke helped searchers in locating the site of the crash and retrieved the bodies of the victims. Her mother’s corpse was discovered on the 12th of January, 1972.

Juliane Koepcke Net Worth

Juliane Koepcke is one of the richest Zoologist from Peru. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Juliane Koepcke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Maria her mother, who is Julaine’s, was employed in Lima at the time that Koepcke was getting ready to graduate at the end of high school. Maria was planning to go back to Panguana in 19 or the 20th of December in 1971 however, Juliane wanted for her to join her in her graduating on the 23rd of December. Maria was willing for Juliane to stay for a longer period and instead planned a trip for Christmas Eve. All flights were booked apart from one booked which was booked with Lineas Aereas Nacionales S.A. (LANSA). Her father Hans-Wilhelm advised Maria to not fly with the airline that was not well-known. They booked the flight however.

Koepcke was born in Lima, Peru, in 1954 to German parents who employed in Lima’s Museum of Natural History, Lima. She was the sole kid of the Biologist Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke and ornithologist Maria Koepcke. When Koepcke was fourteenyears old, her parents went to Lima to set up Panguana which was an experimental station within the Amazon rainforest. She was an “jungle child” and learned strategies for survival. The authorities at school disapproved of her and Koepcke was required to go back in her school, the Deutsche Schule Lima Alexander von Humboldt to take her tests. Koepcke passed the exams and graduated on the 23rd of December 1971.

She moved to Germany, where she fully recovered from her injuries. Like her parents, she studied biology at the University of Kiel and graduated in 1980. She received a doctorate from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and returned to Peru to conduct research in mammalogy, specializing in bats. Koepcke published her thesis, Ecological study of a bat colony in the tropical rain forest of Peru, in 1987.

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Who is Juliane Koepcke Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Juliane Ranked on the list of most popular Zoologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Peru. Juliane Koepcke celebrates birthday on October 10 of every year.

How did Juliane Diller survive?

Juliane Koepcke
Occupation| Mammalogist
Known for| Surviving LANSA Flight 508

How did LANSA Flight 508 crash?

Some evidence showed the crew decided to continue the flight despite the hazardous weather ahead, apparently because of pressure to meet the holiday schedule. Peruvian investigators cited “ intentional flight into hazardous weather conditions ” as a cause of the crash.

Why is Juliane Koepcke famous?

Juliane Koepcke was flying over the Peruvian rainforest with her mother when her plane was hit by lightning. She survived a two-mile fall and found herself alone in the jungle, just 17. More than 40 years later, she recalls what happened.

Where can I watch miracles still happen?

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How did Cecelia Cichan survive?

She underwent four skin grafts for the burns on her arms and legs. She was released from hospital in October 1987 and lived with her aunt and uncle, Rita and Frank Lumpkin, in Alabama, where they shielded her from the media.