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Study finds safest seat on airline
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
A new study from the University of Greenwich has found what it believes are the safest seats, as well as the most dangerous seats, on an airline in the case of a crash landing.
Commissioned by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, the researchers discovered that the seats with the best survival rate were those in the emergency exit row and the rows in front and behind it.
In a study of 105 aircraft crashes and personal accounts from more than 2,000 survivors of plane crashes, the study found that chances were also better if it was an aisle seat.
The survival rate in aisle seats was 64% compared with 58% for other seats.
Seats near the front or between two to five rows of an exit are good as well.
The worst seats are those more than six rows away from an emergency exit. “Here, the chances of perishing far outweigh those of surviving,” The Times cited from the study.
Seats in the front had a 65% chance of escaping a fire versus those at the rear at 53%.
The study was conducted as more and more carriers were charging more for exit row seats or the privilege of choosing a seat.
Currently under international aviation law, cabin crew must be able to evacuate the entire plane in under 90 seconds, but the study found that this is flawed as test runs cannot simulate panic situations when an actual incident occurs.
“In real emergency situations, where passengers may have a choice of directions in which to escape, they may ultimately ignore crew commands and attempt to use their nearest exit,” the study adds.
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
A new study from the University of Greenwich has found what it believes are the safest seats, as well as the most dangerous seats, on an airline in the case of a crash landing.
Commissioned by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, the researchers discovered that the seats with the best survival rate were those in the emergency exit row and the rows in front and behind it.
In a study of 105 aircraft crashes and personal accounts from more than 2,000 survivors of plane crashes, the study found that chances were also better if it was an aisle seat.
The survival rate in aisle seats was 64% compared with 58% for other seats.
Seats near the front or between two to five rows of an exit are good as well.
The worst seats are those more than six rows away from an emergency exit. “Here, the chances of perishing far outweigh those of surviving,” The Times cited from the study.
Seats in the front had a 65% chance of escaping a fire versus those at the rear at 53%.
The study was conducted as more and more carriers were charging more for exit row seats or the privilege of choosing a seat.
Currently under international aviation law, cabin crew must be able to evacuate the entire plane in under 90 seconds, but the study found that this is flawed as test runs cannot simulate panic situations when an actual incident occurs.
“In real emergency situations, where passengers may have a choice of directions in which to escape, they may ultimately ignore crew commands and attempt to use their nearest exit,” the study adds.
