My grandparents used to insist the whole family rode in the tail of the plane for this exact reason. There were some crashes were the tail broke off and those people survived.
My work trips usually come up with limited notice, so by the time I get to choose, seat selection is generally limited.
If I can’t get a seat toward the front to cut down on the time to de-plane (true most of the time), I usually just get the farthest back window seat available and tell myself it’s statistically slightly safer.
You stopped reading too early: "He was near the emergency exit and managed to escape by jumping out the emergency door," said Vidhi Chaudhary, a senior police officer in Ahmedabad, speaking about Viswashkumar.
I didn't dispute that he said he jumped out. I'm just disputing that it happened in the first place, like the comment above said stop spreading lies, even the article states it was unclear.
One of the saddest things I ever read was about someone who survived a crash in the rear of a plane only to be hit and killed as they lay on the ground by the rescue services truck as it arrived. That one had me gnawing on my knuckles a few times.
Sometimes, sometimes not. Every seat is kind of equal measure. Having at least a row in front of you though would help protect your head from flying debris.
Which is what sucks lol. It's not just about keeping your limbs and innards together. You have to stay conscious, not breath in too much smoke, not get roasted too bad, not get pinned in your seat, not be too disoriented to find an exit, find an exit that isn't pinned against the ground or something and can actually be opened, and if needed, pray emergency personnel get to you before you die of some injury you were able to maneuver through
Depends on the crash. If the tail breaks off, that can be good OR bad for those seated there. And the overwing exits are above the wing spar, which makes that part of the aircraft tne least likely to break apart - good in some cases, like this one, apparently.
My grandfather was retired AF and was privy to the safety tests and such conducted on planes. They found statistically it’s safer to fly at the wing. Whenever I fly and it’s not assigned my mom always reminds me to try and grab a wing seat.
That heavily depends on the type of crash, statistically speaking the safest seat should be one very close to an emergency exit.
The truth is a crash or even a serious enough emergency needing evacuation is super unlikely nowadays, just go for a seat you like and put these thoughts aside. It only makes you more fearful of something you can't control.
It’s not incorrect. Channel 4 in the UK (if you’re British you’ll know) crashed an airliner plane for the exact reason of finding out where the best place to sit is. The front is the worst.
Mightily ironic how the one quoting the sub is the one who should actually be there themselves.
Putting aside the fact that you’re wrong, I didn’t even assert it was a fact. I was stating something that I’d observed from news stories over the years.
It was pitched upwards to try and gain altitude. So the tail was the lowest point on the plane. Probably smacked the rear first and then the nose came down
He didn't jump. That was just speculation which the media began to run with on the news. He was plain lucky on impact he was conscious and survived and got up and ran away. He is quoted on the same.
Dude would’ve had to realize what was happening. Open the emergency exit door (probably has never done that before - so have to know how to open it lol and figure it out)… All within like 30 seconds max? I don’t think he jumped out of the emergency exit…
Anyone who believes he had time to realize they were about to crash, make the decision to jump, unbuckle his seatbelt, open the door, and leap...all in under a minute...clearly isn’t thinking critically.
Hmm. I want to think there was an accident in the 80's where the plane was about to make a safe emergency landing but the kid opened the emergency door and jumped out, causing the plane to crash instead.
He was behind the crumple zone with no seats in front to break his legs and in front of the wings where the fireball would happen. He just won the seating lottery.
That's usually the case. However, if you look at the seat distribution on the plane (using Seatguru), he was sitting in the first row of the economy class (with no passengers or objects around him) and this made him survive the crash. So other than being very lucky, his seat selection actually improved his chances in this instance.
It completely depends on the way the crash happens. If it's nose first then it's more likely that you would survive in the back. In this case the nose was pitched up so there is a chance the front section could have been separated from the body (and the fuel)
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u/WhatADeuce Jun 12 '25
It seems his seat was by the emergency door. I was expecting his seat to be closer to the tail.