what's the best seat in a plane in the event of a crash?

Question

the front, the wing, or the back? which have the best survival rates?

will the back more likely catch fire?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is where are the black boxes kept, front or back? the answer is the back. Majority of people who survive fatal air crashes in 1 piece sat in the back. If you sit in the middle you are sitting above the centre fuel tank & if your on top of the wings well there are fuel tanks in the wings as well. so that is definately a death seat as for the fron..... welll although it is the most comfy spot to be on the plane & best service etc, it is also the first spot that will collect with the stopping spot. ie a mountain. so the best bet (unless you wish for the comfort ect and aren't worried about death as such) sitting right in the very last row isle seat in the middle row is the safest place to be the case of an air disaster on a jet aircraft.

Answer 2

This is like asking the safest seat in a car. There is no safest seat in a car and there is no safest seat in a plane in the event of an accident or crash.
Majority of all accidents happen on the ground during taxi operations. Then shortly after take off or during take off roll, then on approach, and then the least likely to happen believe it or not, falling out of the sky. Even when the aircraft becomes in distress at altitude, the majority of those events result in a safe landing.
How many different accident sennerios is there? Ever watched the movie "Alive," the tail end hits the side of a mountain and fell off the aircraft along with the verry back seats and the emergency locate beacon along with this aircrafts particular communications equipment. So much for the back end of the aircraft being the safest. How about the flight of an tropical airline 737 were the forward end of the top cabin back to the foward fusalage frame beam that ties in with the forward wing spar rips apart at altitude and the aircraft is now a convertable at 20,000 plus feet. The posibliities are endless and the safest seat doesn't exist.

Answer 3

The Safest Seat on Any Plane

When we think of a plane crash, we typically think of a catastrophic event, of an aircraft plummeting from the sky. But the majority of accidents involving planes also involve something else: survivors.

Hard landings, bad takeoffs, runway collisions, loss of control, and other survivable events make up roughly 56 percent of airplane accidents. And your chances of escaping with your skin intact may change depending on where you're seated. Why? Because most people who die in survivable crashes aren't killed by the impact; they die instead from toxic smoke inhalation immediately afterward.

Getting out alive comes down to two factors: surviving the impact, and getting out fast. So sitting in the middle of the plane is not a particularly good bet, since on many planes you're sitting over the center fuel tank. And if the wing tanks are ruptured, vaporized fuel can quickly explode. A general guideline: Your chances of survival increase the most if you score a seat by an emergency exit near the rear of the plane.

No one compiles statistics to confirm that one seat is safer than another, so these recommendations are based on anecdotal evidence and personal experience. Each aircraft is different, of course, but a few have seats that are clearly safer (and in many cases, more comfortable). Here's a quick rundown:

Plane Type: 757
Safest Seat: Seats 10A and 10F. Though these are window seats, there are no 9A and 9F seats to block your escape, and the exit doors are just a couple of feet in front of you.

Plane Type: 747
Safest Seat: Rows 61 through 64, closest to the window. The 747 tapers near the rear, and as a result, there are no window seats in those rows, just extra space to help you relax during a flight…and escape in a crash.

Plane Type: MD80
Safest Seat: Rows 21 and 22 have an extra eight inches of legroom because they are near the emergency exits. And they're far away from the engines, which are in the rear of this plane.

Plane Type: 737
Safest Seat: As far rear as possible.

For safety records of each individual airline and airplane type, check out airsafe.com. For seating charts, check out seatguru.com.

Three More Safe Bets

1. Fly Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines has not had any fatal events since it began service in 1971. Other U.S. airlines without fatalities include America West, operating since 1983, and JetBlue, operating since 2000.

2. Don't overload the overhead
There are about 4,500 injuries each year in the U.S. from falling baggage, and more than 90 percent of them involve head injuries to aisle-seat passengers. If you have trouble lifting a bag into the overhead bin, that's a good sign it should be stored elsewhere.

3. Choose a big plane
Single-engine airplanes have accounted for 73 percent of all accidents and 68 percent of all fatal accidents. Your chances of surviving a serious accident increase with the size of the plane; those with more than 30 seats are your best bet.

Answer 4

Don't worry yourself about the seat that provides the best chances of surviving a crash in an airplane. We don't really know for sure or else you wouldnt be asking this question. We'd know it as a matter of fact and not of wonder. Most crashes are cataclysmic. However, fires are not. So, I would consider a seat next to the exit doors as my best chance of exiting a plane in case of a fire, heavy smoke, water, or other emergencies.

Answer 5

The back will catch fire, so, if the plane has made "a not so disastrous crash," you would be the best sitting next the wing since you will probally be very close to the exits.

Answer 6

in a major crash youre screwed no matter where you sit. In the event of an emergency landing on a non runway the safest seat would be one nearest the exit doors. The faster you can get off the better.

Answer 7

The best seat from a plane to sit in, in the event of a crash would be the one they left in the hangar.

Answer 8

The safest seats are the stewardess's seats b/c they are rear facing....I seen a special about airplane safety and thats what they said..but in the event of a crash and your not a stewardess then I'm not sure which are safer...I guess it depends on your location and how the plane crashes. But bracing yourself against the seat in front of you can save your life if the crash isn't real bad. I hope this helps....

Answer 9

no seat is actually safe . the best method of survival is to position yourself in the back of the plane, as far aft as you can go (depending on type of aircraft) and jump out at the same time the nose impacts the ground..

Answer 10

If you are a ga pilot, we all want on or near the wing, by an exit. Near the wing area is most stable and is where the center of pitch,axis, and yaw is. The wing is also reinforced where the fuselage intersect. An exit door so you don't have to find it, and it is also reinforced in that area. Do not want to see in the rear, it takes most of the flex and movement of the aircraft.