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  • Air travel Safety: What is the Most Secure Seat in an Airplane?

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    Published on 19th July 2010 10:22  Number of Views: 588  
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    A question typically asked by anxious aircraft travellers is this: Which is the safest seat in an airline? The answer: none. Due to the fact incidents can easily appear at any area inside of the airplane.

    Certain men and women are of the viewpoint that the nearer an individual is seated to an emergency exit, the safer one is. Regrettably, that is not completely correct. A fire can start up near the emergency exit as in any place inside of the airplane. And if the emergency exit is jammed, then the individual seated closest to it is in as much of the identical fix as the person seated farthest from it.

    Irrespective of wherever the traveler is sitting inside the aircraft, the risks to one’s safety is greatly minimized by one thing above all else: by remaining alert and mindful of one’s environment.

    Becoming alert would mean being watchful and attentive. Be aware of the site of all exits. Listen closely to all pre-flight and in-flight guidelines. Do not consume too much alcohol, if any. Use common sense and try not to do things that will be disadvantageous to your own safety, as well as to that of others, such as possessing too many or too heavy carry-on bags, spilling hot beverages, being reckless with pointed objects or things with sharp edges, and the like. Yet again, use common sense.

    Airplane accidents are uncommon, despite the fears and misgivings surrounding airplane traveling. But if one really does arise during the flight, it is really crucial for the passenger to stay calm and not to panic. Fear is a tremendously infectious disease. Many deaths in accidents, even those that happened on solid ground, may have been avoided had the panic been contained. Consequently, in case of an incident, take a deep breath, keep the tone of your voice down and follow the line.

    Truth be told there is no such thing as the safest seat in the airline. But any passenger can always make his or hers the safest seat if the individual chooses to, where ever the individual is sitting. Generating the sense of safety within one’s self, in the end, it is a mind game.
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    1. bornatbirth's Avatar
      must be the pilots
    1. Win2Win's Avatar
      They are usually the first ones to splat on the ground
    1. belfast_dude's Avatar
      inside the black box...
    1. Win2Win's Avatar
      Quote Originally Posted by belfast_dude View Post
      inside the black box...
      ...and you often get a seat in that then?

      They should build the seats out of the same stuff they use in F1 cockpits
    1. les_taxi's Avatar
      Right at the back as they never reverse into mountains
    1. nigel's Avatar
      I remember listening to a radio chat show where listeners called in with their flight safety stories...

      One guy called in and said that he had to wait an extraordinary long time for his flight to take off....the police had come aboard to arrest a man who was drunk...it was the pilot!
    1. Win2Win's Avatar
      My mate was always scared stiff of flying, so never flew in his life....took a boat everywhere.... it was a real shame and surprise when he died in a plane crash ..... the plane hit the boat he was on and he drowned
    1. walesrob's Avatar
      According to the stats, right at the back seems to where most people have the chance of surviving. Mind you, if a plane falls out of the sky at 500mph, you'll have no chance wherever your seated.

      Last time Elsa and I flew to Manila, it was on one of KLM's old 777-200's ( now replaced with -300's) we had the last row of seats where there are only in 2 in a row, rather than 3, so theres a bit of space by the window and slightly longer legroom.
    1. Win2Win's Avatar
      If the plane crashes at a decent angle then the back seats where the staff sit with their backs to the front survive the most. It is well known in the airline industry that if all the seats faced the back, more people would survive, but the vast majority of people do not want to fly 'backwards' .... although we do it on buses and trains with no problem
    1. les_taxi's Avatar
      If it goes down you have pretty much had it I reckon whever facing back,front or in mile high position

      Far safer than nearly any other form of travel,car travel being the most dangerous I bet but w hop into a car no prob
    1. Win2Win's Avatar
      Quote Originally Posted by lestaxi1 View Post
      .... I bet but w hop into a car no prob
      No hopping required ... I have two legs