When Ralph Flores crashed his single-engine plane in the Yukon wilderness on a snowy afternoon in February 1963, the force of the landing knocked his only passenger, Helen Klaben, out cold for half an hour. Aboard the downed plane, Klaben and Flores had a handful of sardine, tuna and fruit cans and some crackers and protein pills, but little in the way of outdoor equipment. It took 10 days after the crash for Klaben and Flores to run out of food and three days to power through the initial agony of fasting. Klaben sent mayday calls over their radio whenever she heard a plane pass overhead, but her pleas went unheeded. By then, the air search for Klaben and Flores had been called off after several fruitless weeks.

Source: National Post December 06, 2018 21:40 UTC