The safest place to be sitting if your plane does crash is most likely in a middle seat near the back of the plane.
Plane crashes are extremely rare, so these incidents don't happen often.
But data from past crashes and crash tests shows that the back of the plane is probably safest.
Plane crashes are exceptionally rare.
But as the recent engine failure on Southwest Airlines flight 1380 has shown, it's still possible for something to go wrong.
On Tuesday, one engine on the plane disintegrated, spraying shrapnel that depressurized the plane and forced the pilot to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia. The incident resulted in the death of a passenger, which was the first fatality on a US passenger airline in more than nine years.
In the rare case that a plane goes down, some research indicates that the safest place to be sitting is in a middle seat near the back of a plane.
There haven't been many crash tests with jetliners. But in 2012, researchers decided to take an uncrewed Boeing 727, fill it with crash test dummies and cameras, and fly it into the Mexican Desert. (The Discovery Channel made a documentary about the effort.)
The researchers directed the plane into the ground as if it were attempting an emergency landing. As it turned out, the front of the plane wasn't a good place to be.
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http://bountycpa.go2cloud.org/SH7wR cockpit was torn away and some of the seats in the front flew hundreds of feet. The impact, whiplash, and destruction at the front of the plane could have seriously injured or killed passengers seated in that area — likely those in the first class and more desirable seats.
Plane crashes are extremely rare, so these incidents don't happen often.
But data from past crashes and crash tests shows that the back of the plane is probably safest.
Plane crashes are exceptionally rare.
But as the recent engine failure on Southwest Airlines flight 1380 has shown, it's still possible for something to go wrong.
On Tuesday, one engine on the plane disintegrated, spraying shrapnel that depressurized the plane and forced the pilot to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia. The incident resulted in the death of a passenger, which was the first fatality on a US passenger airline in more than nine years.
In the rare case that a plane goes down, some research indicates that the safest place to be sitting is in a middle seat near the back of a plane.
There haven't been many crash tests with jetliners. But in 2012, researchers decided to take an uncrewed Boeing 727, fill it with crash test dummies and cameras, and fly it into the Mexican Desert. (The Discovery Channel made a documentary about the effort.)
The researchers directed the plane into the ground as if it were attempting an emergency landing. As it turned out, the front of the plane wasn't a good place to be.
There
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