what are the odds of surviving a plane crash?

Answer 1

The odds of surviving a plane crash depends on the severity of the crash itself. If you are talking about a mid air colision at 32,000 then chances are slim and non.

A hard landing accident resulting in landing gear failure
could cause a fire, a stalling accident depending on the flight level at which it occurs, could be fatal if the aircraft is not recovered rapidly, acquaplaning on touchdown in heavy rain can be recoverable if the aircraft speed is low enough and there is enough runway. However having said all of the above, there is the incidence of the airline cabin attendant whom fell from an aircraft in the early 1970s and survived a 33,000 feet fall.

Some of the Passengers on a Japan airlines B747 which crashed in the mountains in 1985 also survived
that accident, so I feel that you can call surviving an aircrash being a quesion of if you believe in the possiblities of "miracles"

Answer 2

The most dangerous time when flying is take off and landing. Your odds are better with a non stop flight, than one that makes several stops along your route. Now that more parts on American planes are being manufactured in China( the place that uses lots of prison labor) one wonders about the odds. I personally am not comforted flying at 35,000 feet in a plane with parts made by the lowest bidder. I'm sorry, I read your question as "odds having a plane crash" rather than "odds surviving a plane crash". Your odds of surviving a plane crash are much better on a large commercial airliner than a commuter plane and the best survival area is behind the wings toward the tail section.

Answer 3

Surviving a plane crash eh? Okay, lets see here. You were on a plane, some college kid, no outdoor survival skills, and lets say you land in the blue ridge mountains. Miles from help. Everyone else except for a few people died. Your chances for surviving on your own, in the wilderness, without food and water(3 days without water you die) You can go a month without food, but not water. So unless there is freshwater nearby you may be screwed. Unless part of the wreck is intact and you can find rations and precooked meals in the wreckage. Say you aren't the only one that survived though, now you have multiple people chiming in with their ideas, you chances just went from bleak to minimal. If you have strong survival skills and are tough, you may survive quite easily. Look at the passengers of the movie Alive, they survived by melting snow and eating the bodies of other passengers. Use what you have, not just physically but mentally. Now say that you crash land in a desert, cut your survival percentage of crash-landing in a forest in half, because you take away the trees, which have animals, and hence water. You need water, so that's 50% survival drop unless you can find once again, in the wreckage, pre-bottled water which all planes usually carry because not everyone drinks soda or juice if they are diabetic. Also, read the book Hatchet, where a young teenager fought the odds and lived to tell during an airplane crash where the pilot had a heart attack, he lived for months by using his head. Pick up several tips from that. Also see the movie The Edge, where billionaire Anthony Hopkins uses his superior intellect to survive the wilderness fo Alaska while trying to evade getting killed by another guy who wants his woman and a huge bear that has a taste for human.

Answer 4

That's a very general question that has to be more specific before its answered. Is the aircraft a small plane? Single engine? An airliner? In small aircraft most people walk away from crashes. After all, some small aircraft glide as slow as 50 miles per hour. The highly publicized crashes are deadly but few. I've seen that most of these involve uncontrolled flight into terrain. Most do not survive in those circumstances. Airliners are very safe and good gliders. However jet transport aircraft have great mass and speed. In a crash, that's not a good combination either.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

It is currently around 55%. The lowest it has been in 52% and the highest 58%

From 1983 to 2000, the National Transportation Safety Board investigated 26 major commercial accidents involving 2,739 people. A total of 1,525 survived, or 56%.

Answer 7

Not exactly sure about odds of survival, but overall odds of dying in a plane crash are about 1 in a billion (1 air traveler in a billion will die in a crash--so try to be number 999,999,999).

Answer 8

Depends on where you are sitting in the plane.

Answer 9

No odds, it's a simple Yes/No decision....

Answer 10

Its up to the man up stairs.....