On January 26, 1972, 22-year-old Serbian flight attendant Vesna Vulović boarded JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367 after a scheduling mix-up placed her on the route from Copenhagen to Belgrade. Forty-six minutes after takeoff, as the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 passed over Czechoslovakia, an explosion in the baggage compartment tore the aircraft apart at 33,333 feet (10,160 m). All 27 others on board died.⁠ ⁠ Investigators concluded the blast came from a briefcase bomb, likely planted by Croatian nationalists, though no arrests were ever made. Another theory, never proven, claimed the plane was mistakenly shot down at a lower altitude by the Czechoslovak Air Force.⁠ ⁠ Vulović survived because she was pinned by a food cart in the tail section, which remained partially intact. The fuselage struck a snowy, forested hillside at an angle, cushioning the impact. She also had chronically low blood pressure, which doctors believe caused her to lose consciousness quickly, preventing fatal heart damage...