What are the safest seats on an airplane?

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If the airplane you were on happens to crash, do an ocean landing, or rapidly catch on fire, which seat(s) on the plane give you the best chances of survival? (And keep you safe from out-of-control dining carts or falling luggage?)

 It’s those seats at the rear end of the plane.

According to a study by Popular Mechanics, which took a closer look at every single airplane crash by a commercial jet in the US, since ‘71, with both survivors and fatalities,

"Passengers near the tail of a plane are about 40 percent more likely to survive  a crash than those in the first few rows up front. “ 
So, what do you do to minimize risk?

1) Travel economy class
2) Pick seats near emergency exits
3) Book the rear airplane seats
4) Maybe, a window seat to avoid falling luggage and food trollies
5) Don’t forget to fasten the seatbelt
Of course, the safest seat would be a seat on a different plane. Considering the chances of being killed in a flight, though. You have a far greater chance of being killed in a car crash or by a bolt of lightning.
Fred Landis, investigative reporter, tells his story of an airplane crash survivor:
“When I was an undergraduate there was this really brilliant math prof who was on vacation and his Alitalia flight crashed into a mountain. Everyone aboard died except the math guy, his wife and children, who were seated all the way in the back.
He decided that this was a sign from God, moved to Israel for several years, joined the Air Force, and distinguished himself in one of those cataclysmic wars. At the time it was not politically correct to be pro-Israel but he got a pass because of the circumstances. I knew him, but in a campus of 45,000 people everybody got to hear this story. My guess is that the moral for most was to sit in the back of the plane, not move to Israel.”
Channel 4’s The Plane Crash deliberately crashed a Boeing 727 carrying sensors, cameras, and crash test dummies with breakable “bones” into the Sonoran Desert, Mexico.
As the nose hits the ground, the plane’s first 11 rows of seats for business and first class were completely ripped off. The front section of the plane recorded a force of 12G. At the rear end, the force falls to 50% at around 6G. None of the first-class passengers would have made it. However, 78% of the passengers would have, and the survival chances increase as they get closer to the end of the aircraft.
Ever since the study has been made, it has led to a sharp decline in the number of enquiries for first-class seats. Would you risk perishing in first class for plenty of legroom and a healthy amount of alcohol?



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