Originally Posted by
noflynomore
....... His remarks seem to me to be based on observation from the cabin rather than the flight deck but it isn't too clear.
Yes "nofly", I'm reading it the same way.
And, I wonder if he wasn't sitting with his back against the FD door bulkhead; or something similar.
That sort of arrangement might have had a very significant influence on his survival.
I have been lead to believe that one significant factor in deaths in accidents involving rapid deceleration (eg plane crash) is the tearing of the pericardium and the encapsulated heart from their internal anchoring, and that that is less likely to occur if the accident victim is seated facing away from the point of impact.