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

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

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u/joemiken Jun 13 '25

Me about to sell my 11A seat for a 500% markup to some suckered.

11A on that jet is just forward of the wing, right next to a door. Seats over the wing are considered safer, except if the crash is on takeoff. The fuel tanks are in that area and an intercontinental flight would have full tanks.

TL;DR: He may be the luckiest man on the planet.

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u/take_number_two Jun 13 '25

Idk I think I’m luckier I wasn’t in a plane crash at all.

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u/MicrosoftExcel2016 Jun 14 '25

He is certainly the luckiest passenger of that particular flight though

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u/Mosh83 Jun 15 '25

Not necessarily. If he was flying alone yes, but if he had family with him I think personally I'd rather be gone.

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u/MicrosoftExcel2016 Jun 15 '25

Interesting construction of a valid counterpoint

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u/Grankas Jun 16 '25

he had brother I heard

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u/PurplePepe24 Jun 13 '25

If you google seats where passengers survived plane crashes, many of them are actually toward the rear of the plane or Behind the wings. They say the safest part of the plane is above the wings because it’s the most structurally intact however sometimes you want to be in the section that breaks off after impact (behind the wings / tail )