Passengers should sit in the safest seats on an airplane to survive a crash, experts say
A crash is considered “survivable” by the National Transportation Safety Board if the forces transmitted to passengers don’t ...
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The safest seats are at the back of the plane — and 5 other surprising facts about airline crashes
But according to a 2007 Popular Mechanics analysis, those seats are also statistically the safest ones on the plane. The magazine studied every commercial-airline crash since 1973, looking at who ...
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Experts reveal which aeroplane seats are most likely to survive a crash
However, no single “magic safest seat” actually exists, an engineering professional asserted. When assessing the probability of surviving a plane crash, investigators look at five things ...
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The survivors of recent crashes were sitting at the back of the plane. What does that tell us about airplane safety?
Ed Galea, professor of fire safety engineering at London’s University of Greenwich, who has conducted landmark studies on plane crash evacuations, warns, “There is no magic safest seat.” ...