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The Safest Seat on a Plane
Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by Attorney.
A study conducted by Popular Mechanics in 2007 showed that passengers who were seated in the rear of a plane had a 40% greater chance of surviving a crash than those seated up front. This article also mentions, though, that the FAA and Boeing both state that there is no such thing as a “safest seat”. The article is flawed in that it only studied 20 aircraft crashes and did not take into account subsequent safety developments. Even so, it should be noted that the flight data recorder (which is used to provide information in the even of a crash) is located in the tail section of planes. The reason for this is that the recorder is more likely to survive, in the event of a severe plane crash, if it’s mounted in the rear of the plane.
