Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Vesna Vulović

Vesna Vulović

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/August 28, 2019 by Ealdgyth - Talk 17:20, 28 July 2019 (UTC)



Vesna Vulović (1950–2016) was a Serbian flight attendant who holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m. She was the sole survivor after a briefcase bomb tore through the baggage compartment of JAT Flight 367 on 26 January 1972, causing it to crash over Czechoslovakia. She spent days in a coma with a fractured skull and many broken bones, and was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. Vulović eventually relearned how to walk, but continued to limp for the rest of her life. She was widely regarded as a national hero in Yugoslavia. Guinness recognized her world record in 1985. She was fired from JAT in the early 1990s for taking part in anti-government protests, but continued her work as a pro-democracy activist for decades. The final years of her life were spent in seclusion and poverty, and she struggled with survivor's guilt until her death.
 * Most recent similar article(s): To my knowledge, there haven't been any similar articles featured recently, and moreover, this is the only transport-related bio that has yet to appear as TFA.
 * Main editors: 23 editor
 * Promoted: 14 March 2018
 * Reasons for nomination: A moderately high-traffic article as far as readership goes, which is surprising given how little vandalism and edit warring it has experienced. As of the time of writing, it has accumulated 130,993 views over the past 90 days, or 1,439 views per day. It has well over a dozen equivalents in other languages, including several that are GAs or FAs in their respective wiki.
 * Support as nominator. 23 editor (talk) 18:00, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Blurb trimmed to 943 characters. Good to go. - Dank (push to talk) 18:48, 15 July 2019 (UTC)