Originally Posted by
CSilvera
I thought over wing was the safest because the air frame is strongest there.
i'm sure you will find those for and against...
on the plus side..you are closest to the exit ( unless near a door )..
as against that you might be sitting over 50 tons of fuel..
still consider overwing safe..??
10secondsurvey..
it used to be said in my dads day the the rere was the safest place, and it probably was.
certainly as a child i recall many photographs of crashes that showed the tail still intact. that was in thoery because airplanes in flight never backed into anything..!!...but remember it was because we are talking about DC4s, 6s, 7s connies etc with speeds that were survivable.
now its a matter of chance...and numbers...i would say.