From, of course, twitter: https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1586774731264589824

And the answer is: it depends.

All scientists aboard were killed, proving that the seat doesn't matter.

The answer was surprising - most of the seats survived with little damage. The occupants, however…

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Cave Johnson here. I would like to thank you for flying with Aperture Airlines today! The boys in the shop tell me we've got something really special. Now... Safety is for losers. You don't learn about science by being safe. That's for those pansies over at Delta and American.

Should the airplane experience a forceful landing in some random corn field, we need those seatbelts on tight so we can find out who you are after our HIGHLY experimental jet fuel does... Well whatever it does to humans, we just don't know!

We hope you enjoy the flight and remember, the snacks aren't free you just paid for them with your ticket.

I flew for the first time in a while recently and I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the safety announcement. Flying is statistically the safest way to travel but when shit goes wrong you're pretty much dead. I understand why they have the farce at the beginning of every flight but people must know, deep down, that every time you fly you should be prepared to die.

> The European Transport Safety Council estimated that 90% of aircraft accidents were technically survivable in a study in 1996.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45030345

> Airplane accidents have a 95.7% survivability rate, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board

https://www.businessinsider.com/seven-ways-increase-your-odds-surviving-plane-crash-2020-1

Well that’s great news!

Wait, which are we?

When I say "shit goes wrong" I'm not talking about a little tumble right after takeoff. Crashes from very low altitude pad the survivability rates, I'm sure, but that's not what I'm talking about. Also, that second article was really just polishing a turd: wear the right clothes and sit in the right seats and you, too, could survive a plane crash! Put your head right against the seat in front of you so when it comes loose it can break your neck! Be sure to huff the oxygen so you get nice and high so you ragdoll on impact (too bad you'll be disoriented if you do survive)!

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I sit to the rear & count the seat backs between me & the emergency exits.

I’ve been TO a few plane crashes while I was in the USAF. More than once, the only thing recognizable was the tail.

And also every time you get in a car, train, bus, or boat, or ride a bike, climb a ladder, or mouth off to a stranger.

You're one hell of an AI seat of you can talk....

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It was a shame they did it with a loaded plane

Every time you leave the house.

Oops! I think statistically most deaths occur in the home.

So you're saying if it's an unsurvivable plane crash you will not survive.

Well, that was a waste of an airplane.

The lower force crashes may not be what you're talking about.

It's exactly what the flight attendants are talking about.

Right, but they don't make that clear, nor do the articles.

I read that in Cave Johnson’s voice.

Oh hold on. Time to edit

How do you reproducibly crash a 727 in order to make statistical observations about seat survival???

Edit: opened the article an it says this was conducted by TV studios, and only once. why does the title say scientists did this rubbish?