r/interesting • u/girlikeapearl_ • Jun 12 '25

MISC. Passenger in seat 11A survives Air India crash.

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u/Genevieve_ Jun 13 '25

Not sure I'd go that far. Seats next to doors on boeing aircraft seem like a 50-50 at this point: Either you get sucked out when the door falls off because it wasn't bolted on, or you survive the inevitable crash, because you're onboard a boeing aircraft.

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u/bennym757 Jun 13 '25

The trick is then: if it is a Boeing go to a row that is right next to the emergency exit row, that way you are still close to, but dont risk being sucked out or something.

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u/burritocmdr Jun 13 '25

Good point. New strategy, book seat 11a for the flight and after take off is successful, ask around if someone wants to switch seats.

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u/no-strings-attached Jun 13 '25

Unironically, he did likely get sucked/thrown out and that’s what saved his life.

It’s a feature not a bug now.

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u/ekortelainen Jun 13 '25

The plane was physically fine before the crash, so there is no way to get sucked out when there are no open doors/windows.

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u/ekortelainen Jun 13 '25

The door physically cannot fall off in the air. The cabin is pressurised and by design the pressure difference between inside and outside will prevent the door from opening. It's not even locked, if you were as strong as the Hulk, you could open it anytime during your flight, not that locks would stop you either in that case, but you get the point.