el_coremino t1_iuin0xe wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:48 PM Reply to comment by TheUglyTruth527 in TIL: In 2012, a group of Mexican scientists intentionally crashed a Boeing 727 to test which seats had the best chance of survival. by markphahn > 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 Permalink Parent 9
el_coremino t1_iuin0xe wrote
Reply to comment by TheUglyTruth527 in TIL: In 2012, a group of Mexican scientists intentionally crashed a Boeing 727 to test which seats had the best chance of survival. by markphahn
> 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