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The Incredible Story of the Woman Who Resisted Eight Bad Days in the Jungle After Surviving an Air Crash

Summary by La Nacion
The Dutch Annette Herfkens and her fiancé were on their way to spend a romantic holiday at a beach resort in Vietnam. It was 1992. She worked in the financial sector in Madrid and had a long-distance relationship with Willem—or Pasje, as she called him—a former college partner. When the small plane they were on approached Nha Tang airport, Annette and Willem felt that she was suddenly falling apart. “I hear the engines speeding up. She’s slippin…

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The Dutch Annette Herfkens and her fiancé were on their way to spend a romantic holiday at a beach resort in Vietnam. It was 1992. She worked in the financial sector in Madrid and had a long-distance relationship with Willem—or Pasje, as she called him—a former college partner. When the small plane they were on approached Nha Tang airport, Annette and Willem felt that she was suddenly falling apart. “I hear the engines speeding up. She’s slippin…

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The Dutch Annette Herfkens and her boyfriend were on their way to a resort in Vietnam. It was 1992. She worked in the financial sector in Madrid and kept a close relationship with Willem - or Pasje, as he called - an ex-college of college. Read more (09/21/2025)

·São Paulo, Brazil
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The Dutch Annette Herfkens was on the way to dream holidays with her boyfriend, but the destination had other plans for her.

·Brazil
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It was 1992. She worked in the financial sector in Madrid and was in a long-distance relationship with Willem—or Pasje, as she called him—a former university classmate. As the small plane they were on approached Nha Tang Airport, Annette and Willem felt it suddenly come down. “I hear the engines revving up. It comes down again. People are screaming. He looks at me. I look at him. We hold hands, and then everything goes black,” Annette recounted …

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la Nacion broke the news in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday, September 20, 2025.
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