Duduk di Belakang Pesawat Lebih Aman

Saya sebenarnya sudah pernah dengar rumor ini sebelumnya, tapi selalu lupa mencari sumbernya. Untungnya karena kecelakaan pesawat di AS barusan, situs Popular Mechanics mengangkat kembali kebenaran ‘mitos’ ini.

Ya, menurut mereka orang yang duduk di bagian belakang pesawat punya kemungkinan 20% lebih banyak untuk selamat (69%) ketika terjadi kecelakaan dibanding mereka yang duduk di bagian depan pesawat (49%). Sementara itu yang duduk di bagian tengah punya kemungkinan 56 persen untuk selamat.

clipped from www.popularmechanics.com

Aircraft seat survival rates

MYTH: It Doesn’t Matter Where You Sit

REALITY: It’s Safer In the Back.

The funny thing about all those expert opinions: They’re not really based on hard data about actual airline accidents. A look at real-world crash stats, however, suggests that the farther back you sit, the better your odds of survival. Passengers near the tail of a plane are about 40 percent more likely to survive a crash than those in the first few rows up front.
That’s the conclusion of an exclusive Popular Mechanics study that examined every commercial jet crash in the United States, since 1971, that had both fatalities and survivors.

In 11 of the 20 crashes, rear passengers clearly fared better. Only five accidents favored those sitting forward. Three were tossups, with no particular pattern of survival. In one case, seat positions could not be determined.
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