Safest Seat on a Plane

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According to survival rates based on seating, it turns out the further back you are seated on the plane the higher your chance of surviving a crash. [Link]

Jul 20, 2007

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10 Comments, add your own...

1. Marzouq | July 20th, 2007 at 11:33 am

That was a given after lost!!!
2. Biohazard | July 20th, 2007 at 1:47 pm

Bah, if I’m gonna crash and die I wanna ride fucking shotgun!
3. Armani Exchanger | July 20th, 2007 at 4:35 pm

Good observation but after what …!
4. ananyah | July 20th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

I wondered why I always sat in the back lol I normally sit right at the back on the end row, get off the plane 1st when it lands ;p
5. Equalizer | July 20th, 2007 at 11:35 pm

This is completely based on statistics of all plane crashes. Factor in the different reasons and it becomes irrelevant.
6. sfsa78@hotmail.com | July 21st, 2007 at 12:35 am

My father has been saying this for years! The safest place to sit on an airoplane is right at the back row in the middle seat. If ever there were survivors of an airplane crash, they usually are in those seats. Imagine, first class are the most dangerous..isn’t that ironic!! Your paying so much more to put your life at more risk.
7. Я. | July 21st, 2007 at 11:04 am

Until the pilot over-corrects on landing & scrapes the tail end on the ground…that’s something else.

I agree with Bio..die in a blaze of glory!
8. Mark deSouza | July 21st, 2007 at 5:06 pm

so in the end, the rich assholes die first?
9. OB | July 23rd, 2007 at 9:02 am

Mark,

You should see the checking counter staff face impression when I insist to get the last seat. They think Im a freak !
10. Mike C. | January 3rd, 2009 at 6:37 pm

I was taught this in aviation class. Airline seats are designed to withstand vertical force. But in most accidents, horizontal force is what they are mostly subjected to (Planes don’t fall straight out of the sky usually). The seats end up ripping out of the floor and piling up at the front of the plane. I’m glad to see someone came up with the numbers.

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