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'''Annette Herfkens''' ([[Maracaibo]], 29 April 1961) is the sole survivor of [[Vietnam Airlines]] [[Vietnam Airlines Flight 474|Flight 474]] which crashed into a [[mountain]] on November 14, 1992 in [[Vietnam]]. She survived eight days with multiple injuries and sustained herself only on rainwater. The plane, a Soviet-made [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] jet built in 1976, was carrying 25 passengers and six crew when it crashed en route to [[Cam Ranh International Airport|Nha Trang Airport]]. Some passengers survived the initial impact but died before they could be rescued. Herfkens' fiancé, who was travelling with her, died instantly upon impact.<ref>{{cite news|author=Jason Bennetto |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/inquiry-demanded-after-air-crash-bodies-are-sent-to-wrong-families-just-what-did-happen-after-flight-vn474-from-ho-chi-minh-city-hit-a-mountain-in-bad-weather-jason-bennetto-reports-1460019.html |title=Inquiry demanded after air crash bodies are sent to wrong families: Just what did happen after Flight VN474 from Ho Chi Minh City hit a mountain in bad weather? |newspaper=The Independent |date=1993-08-09 |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921114-1 |title=Accident Description |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=1992-11-14 |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref>
In 2014, Herfkens published the memoir recounting her experiences ''Turbulence: A True Story of Survival''. It has ''"received great applause from [its] audience"''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tuoitrenews.vn/lifestyle/21550/sole-survivor-in-vietnam-plane-crash-returns-to-launch-memoir-22-years-on |title=Sole Survivor in Vietnam Plane Crash to Return to Launch Memoir, 22 Yrs On |publisher=Tuoitrenews |date=2014-08-09 |accessdate=2014-08-30}}</ref> and great critical acclaim from [[Deepak Chopra]], ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' and other authors.
==Background==
Annette Herfkens was born in Venezuela to a Dutch family. She went to public primary schools in [[Maracaibo]] along with her older sister [[Eveline Herfkens|Eveline]] who became a banker and Dutch politician. After completing an internship in [[Santiago, Chile]], Annette Herfkens became a management trainee for [[ING Bank]], eradicating professional barriers as the first female executive to be sent abroad by a Dutch bank. She was assigned first to [[New York City]], then to [[London]] and in 1989 accepted an offer from [[Banco Santander]] to help set up the Emerging Markets Department in [[Madrid]]. She went back to work just a few months after the airplane crash in 1992 and was promoted to Managing Director one year later. In 1996 she was appointed to Santander’s office in New York City.
Herfkens also writes and speaks about the gains that come with loss. Nine years after she lost her fiancé in the crash, her son was diagnosed with [[autism]]; she now also works with parents of autistic children.
Herfkens lives in New York City with her family.
==Appearances==
Herfkens has appeared on many radio shows, news channels and talk shows. She originally wanted to reclaim her private life after the international press she received immediately after the accident, but in 2010 she felt compelled to speak by the ordeal of Ruben van Assouw, the sole survivor of [[Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771]]. Thus, directly after the crash she made her first public statements regarding her experience on "[[Happening Now]]" on the [[Fox News Channel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/4196399/i-felt-compelled-to-talk?playlist_id=87937 |title=I Felt Compelled to Talk |publisher=FOX News |date=2011-04-30 |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref>
Since then, she has appeared on shows such as [[CNN International]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/03/24/exp-a-plane-crash-survivors-story.cnn.html |title=A Plane Crash Survivor's Story |publisher=CNN |date=2014-03-24 |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref> [[CNN Newsroom]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2014/03/23/nr-lemon-intv-herfkens-sole-survivor-1992-plane-crash.cnn |title=Sole Survivor Tells of 1992 Plane Crash |publisher=CNN |date=2014-03-22 |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref> One World with [[Deepak Chopra]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.fm/one_world/videosub.php?guest_id=254 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140829132049/http://www.newswire.fm/one_world/videosub.php?guest_id=254 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2014-08-29 |title=One World with Deepak Chopra |publisher=Newswire.fm |date=2014-07-24 |accessdate=2014-08-29 }}</ref> CTV Toronto on [[CTV News]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.1752722 |title=Sole Survivor of Plane Crash Shares Story of Losing Fiancé |publisher=CTV News |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref> Kevin Newman Live on [[CTV News]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knlive.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.1749753 |title=Turbulence: One Woman's Story of Surviving a Plane Crash |publisher=CTV News |accessdate=2014-08-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822110915/http://knlive.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.1749753 |archivedate=2014-08-22 }}</ref> and radiocable.com <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiocable.com/annette-herfkens-555.html |title=Entrevista a Annette Herfkens: Ocho Días Sobreviviendo Sola en La Selva Tras el Accidente de Su Avión |publisher=radiocable.com |date=2014-03-20 |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref>
In August 2014, Herfkens and her daughter Joosje went to [[Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]] for the release of the Vietnamese translation of ''Turbulence''. She appeared on many news shows and in numerous newspaper articles. She also sat down for an interview with Talk Vietnam,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GW2r-oB4Vc&feature=youtu.be |title=Fighting For Life After That Fateful Flight |publisher=VTV4 |date=2014-08-24 |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref> a program in English on [[VTV4]], Vietnam's International news channel.
== References ==
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* ''Turbulence: A True Story of Survival'', by Annette Herfkens, Matter & Mind, San Bernardino, CA, 2014 {{ISBN|978-0-9913179-0-5}}
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[[Category:Leiden University alumni]]
[[Category:Motivational speakers]]
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[[Category:20th-century Dutch women writers]]
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'''Annette Herfkens''' ([[Maracaibo]], 29 April 1961) is the sole survivor of [[Vietnam Airlines]] [[Vietnam Airlines Flight 474|Flight 474]] which crashed into a [[mountain]] on November 14, 1992 in [[Vietnam]]. She survived eight days with multiple injuries and sustained herself only on rainwater. The plane, a Soviet-made [[Yakovlev Yak-40]] jet built in 1976, was carrying 25 passengers and six crew when it crashed en route to [[Cam Ranh International Airport|Nha Trang Airport]]. Some passengers survived the initial impact but died before they could be rescued. Herfkens' fiancé, who was travelling with her, died instantly upon impact.<ref>{{cite news|author=Jason Bennetto |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/inquiry-demanded-after-air-crash-bodies-are-sent-to-wrong-families-just-what-did-happen-after-flight-vn474-from-ho-chi-minh-city-hit-a-mountain-in-bad-weather-jason-bennetto-reports-1460019.html |title=Inquiry demanded after air crash bodies are sent to wrong families: Just what did happen after Flight VN474 from Ho Chi Minh City hit a mountain in bad weather? |newspaper=The Independent |date=1993-08-09 |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921114-1 |title=Accident Description |publisher=Aviation-safety.net |date=1992-11-14 |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref>
In 2014, Herfkens published the memoir recounting her experiences ''Turbulence: A True Story of Survival''. It has ''"received great applause from [its] audience"''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tuoitrenews.vn/lifestyle/21550/sole-survivor-in-vietnam-plane-crash-returns-to-launch-memoir-22-years-on |title=Sole Survivor in Vietnam Plane Crash to Return to Launch Memoir, 22 Yrs On |publisher=Tuoitrenews |date=2014-08-09 |accessdate=2014-08-30}}</ref> and great critical acclaim from [[Deepak Chopra]], ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' and other authors.
==Background==
Annette Herfkens was born in Venezuela to a Dutch family. She went to public primary schools in [[Maracaibo]] along with her older sister [[Eveline Herfkens|Eveline]] who became a banker and Dutch politician. After completing an internship in [[Santiago, Chile]], Annette Herfkens became a management trainee for [[ING Bank]], eradicating professional barriers as the first female executive to be sent abroad by a Dutch bank. She was assigned first to [[New York City]], then to [[London]] and in 1989 accepted an offer from [[Banco Santander]] to help set up the Emerging Markets Department in [[Madrid]]. She went back to work just a few months after the airplane crash in 1992 and was promoted to Managing Director one year later. In 1996 she was appointed to Santander’s office in New York City.
Herfkens also writes and speaks about the gains that come with loss. Nine years after she lost her fiancé in the crash, her son was diagnosed with [[autism]]; she now also works with parents of autistic children.
Herfkens lives in New York City with her family.
==Appearances==
Herfkens has appeared on many radio shows, news channels and talk shows. She originally wanted to reclaim her private life after the international press she received immediately after the accident, but in 2010 she felt compelled to speak by the ordeal of Ruben van Assouw, the sole survivor of [[Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771]]. Thus, directly after the crash she made her first public statements regarding her experience on "[[Happening Now]]" on the [[Fox News Channel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/4196399/i-felt-compelled-to-talk?playlist_id=87937 |title=I Felt Compelled to Talk |publisher=FOX News |date=2011-04-30 |accessdate=2014-08-09}}</ref>
Since then, she has appeared on shows such as [[CNN International]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/03/24/exp-a-plane-crash-survivors-story.cnn.html |title=A Plane Crash Survivor's Story |publisher=CNN |date=2014-03-24 |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref> [[CNN Newsroom]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/videos/bestoftv/2014/03/23/nr-lemon-intv-herfkens-sole-survivor-1992-plane-crash.cnn |title=Sole Survivor Tells of 1992 Plane Crash |publisher=CNN |date=2014-03-22 |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref> One World with [[Deepak Chopra]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.fm/one_world/videosub.php?guest_id=254 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20140829132049/http://www.newswire.fm/one_world/videosub.php?guest_id=254 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2014-08-29 |title=One World with Deepak Chopra |publisher=Newswire.fm |date=2014-07-24 |accessdate=2014-08-29 }}</ref> CTV Toronto on [[CTV News]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.1752722 |title=Sole Survivor of Plane Crash Shares Story of Losing Fiancé |publisher=CTV News |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref> Kevin Newman Live on [[CTV News]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knlive.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.1749753 |title=Turbulence: One Woman's Story of Surviving a Plane Crash |publisher=CTV News |accessdate=2014-08-29 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822110915/http://knlive.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.1749753 |archivedate=2014-08-22 }}</ref> and radiocable.com <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiocable.com/annette-herfkens-555.html |title=Entrevista a Annette Herfkens: Ocho Días Sobreviviendo Sola en La Selva Tras el Accidente de Su Avión |publisher=radiocable.com |date=2014-03-20 |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref>
In August 2014, Herfkens and her daughter Joosje went to [[Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]] for the release of the Vietnamese translation of ''Turbulence''. She appeared on many news shows and in numerous newspaper articles. She also sat down for an interview with Talk Vietnam,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GW2r-oB4Vc&feature=youtu.be |title=Fighting For Life After That Fateful Flight |publisher=VTV4 |date=2014-08-24 |accessdate=2014-08-29}}</ref> a program in English on [[VTV4]], Vietnam's International news channel.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
* ''Turbulence: A True Story of Survival'', by Annette Herfkens, Matter & Mind, San Bernardino, CA, 2014 {{ISBN|978-0-9913179-0-5}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Herfkens, Annette}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Survivors of aviation accidents or incidents]]
[[Category:Dutch women writers]]
[[Category:Sole survivors]]
[[Category:Writers from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Dutch memoirists]]
[[Category:Venezuelan people of Dutch descent]]
[[Category:Leiden University alumni]]
[[Category:Motivational speakers]]
[[Category:Women bankers]]
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch women writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Venezuelan women writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Venezuelan writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Dutch women writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Venezuelan women writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Dutch writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Venezuelan writers]]
