What Is The Safest Seat On Plane? Answer Is...
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16 May 2024
A recent spate of incidents with Boeing planes has brought the focus back on aviation safety, with questions about which seats on plane are safest
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The FAA in the US has pointed out that there isn't any one section of an airplane that is more or less safe than another
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Responding to the query of WIRED, FAA public affairs specialist Rick Breitenfeldt said passengers should follow crew members' instructions
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But a study done by Time Magazine found that the middle seats in the back of the plane had the lowest fatality rate in a crash
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It found that during plane crashes, seats in the back third of the aircraft had a lower fatality rate, compared to middle third and in the front third
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The research was based on the analysis of 35 years of crash data, up to the year 2015
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It is, however, important to remember that safety is always going to depend on variables you can't control
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Each airline emergency plays out differently, affecting different seats more than others each time
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What may be the best seat in case of engine failure may not be the best place to be when a door gets ripped off mid-flight
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