If an airplane crashed, which part of the airplane is the most safest: the front, the middle, or the back?

Question

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Answer 1

If it is a low wing aircraft the best place for a passenger to sit is over the wing, that is by far the strongest place, however the worst place to sit is just in front of or just behind the wing, that is the most likely place for the fuselage to break.

Contrary to popular belief most crashes are actually survivable, they just don't make the headlines and if they aren't it doesn't actually make much difference where you are sitting.

Answer 2

Every impact is different, every aircraft is built differently.

In a typical impact:

The strongest part of any aircraft is the wing box where the wing passes under the fuselage; however you are sat over and next to several thousand gallons of fuel in this area.

The rear of the aircraft is cushioned from much of the impact by the distortion of the preceding fuselage parts, however the empennage and fin assembly weigh a great deal and the forces generated by all this mass tend to tear apart the passenger cabin aft of the wing, these pieces then slide into the pool of burning fuel from the wings.

The cockpit area takes most stress in a nose first impact and will often remain intact, but crushed; however the G forces alone generated in this type of impact, because they have not been absorbed by much of the structure, are way in excess of the human body's ability to withstand, usually the seats fail and passengers are crushed between these.

In most aircraft incidents the passengers either all or most survive or all or most die. The vast majority of incidents are ones where the passengers survive, but unfortunately that doesn't sell TV advertising or sell newspapers, so you only hear of the very worst ones.

If your time is up, then you die, not one minute before. If you decided not to fly that day, then maybe you would be hit by a bus, or have an heart attack, or fall down the steps, or choke on a mint, or.................

You determined this time and date before you were born, so don't worry about what part of an aircraft is safe. If it is not your time, then every part of everywhere is safe, if it is your time, nowhere on Earth is safe.

The only thing to fear is fear itself.

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Answer 3

My guess is that there would be mittigating factors.If the pilot can keep the nose up,the front would be safest,since the fuel is stored in the wings.Forward momentum will blow the fireball back along the fusilage.If the plane goes in nose first,say a prayer.If the pilot has a chance to "dump" excess fuel first,and it is a "controlled" crash landing,your chances are about equal.

Answer 4

The rear. More than likely when a plane crashes, the brunt of the force will be delivered to front. The front might remain intact due to certain materials but the people inside the front don't remain intact.

Answer 5

If the crash is not too severe, the best place to be is the stewardess' backwards facing seat, because all the kinetic energy is transferred to her back, cushioned by her seat. All the other passengers with forward facing seats get hurt more because the kinetic energy is pushing them forward and the only thing cushioning them is their arms in the brace position, so they get tossed around and hurt.

Answer 6

I think the front is probably safe, because when planes crashes are depicted on Tv and stuff usually, that part is still in tact.

Answer 7

In an accident there is no safest part of the aircraft. It will depend on the kind of accident, the aircraft you are in and other factors.

Answer 8

Typically, the rear portion of a jet or plane...assuming the crash takes place on dry ground.

Answer 9

There is no place that is "safest" since it depends upon many factors and controlling any of these in an emergency situation is nearly impossible.

Answer 10

I would think it is the back that is the safest because when it is out of control it usualy nose dives.