Yes, there are several remarkable cases of individuals surviving a fall from an airplane without a parachute. The most famous is Vesna Vulović, a flight attendant who survived a 33,330-foot (10,160 meters) fall in 1972 after her plane exploded over Czechoslovakia; she was trapped in a section of the fuselage that landed on a snowy, wooded mountainside. Another incredible survivor is Juliane Koepcke, who in 1971 fell 10,000 feet into the Peruvian rainforest while still strapped to her seat after her plane was struck by lightning; she survived the impact and hiked for 11 days to find rescue. During WWII, several airmen survived "free falls" from thousands of feet, such as Nicholas Alkemade, a British tail gunner who jumped from his burning bomber at 18,000 feet and landed in deep snow and pine trees with only a sprained leg. These survivals are typically attributed to the "terminal velocity" being slowed by air resistance and the impact being cushioned by soft materials like snow, thick foliage, or swampy ground, which spread the force of the deceleration over a longer period.