Where is the safest seats on plane?

[goofyforlife]

Just wondering if there are any "safe seats" on airplanes?

Safe seats----ahhhh

Those would be the ones in the terminal......

(I make myself feel better when I fly by thinking about the odds of a crash. They're so high and I'm really not that lucky.)

I think your odds are higher of getting mad cow disease or spontaneous combustion.

 

[owtrbnks]

They're all pretty safe while you're at the gate, unless someone doesn't use care when opening the overhead bin and an object that shifted during flight falls out and hits you on the head. However, I try to choose the seats under the pillow and blanket storage as they would (IMHO) be safest.
I also agree with Bill!

 

[wdwfamilyinIL]

Maybe I am just a little paranoid, but after 9-11 I can't get the thought of people over taking the plane out of my head. But like Bill said, at 35,000 feet is anything really going to matter?

 

[jbdreamer]

A seat closest to an exit.

On Discovery Channel's show Mythbusters, they said most people will survive a plane crash, but because they break so many bones they can't get out of their seat and die from smoke inhalation.

Honestly flying is a lot safter then almost any other means of transportation. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[bstnsprts]

Safest place is in that indestructible black box there always looking for after a crash. Other than that just put your head between your legs and .................................. good bye.

 

[dudspizza]

Safest place is in that indestructible black box there always looking for after a crash. Other than that just put your head between your legs and .................................. good bye.

I can't remember the comedian that said this....... he said if the black box is so indestructable.... why don't they build the whole damn plane out of it?

Was it Larry the Cable Guy?

Duds

 

[bstnsprts]

I can't remember the comedian that said this....... he said if the black box is so indestructable.... why don't they build the whole damn plane out of it?

Was it Larry the Cable Guy?

Duds

Not sure who it was. I think it was before Larry the Cable Guy was around. Another comedian that I can't remember did a routine with a news report that a plane travelling 500 mph has just crashed into the side of a mountain........"Luckily all passengers had their seat belts buckled."

 

[paladin]

True story - in my travel agent days, someone in my office was booking a flight for a customer and asked her where she would like to sit. She said she wanted to sit next to the black box because it always survived in a crash!

 

[SusanSeng]

I like to think that all seats are safe in a airplane. While I don't care for flying, I do logically know that it is the safest way to travel. When you get in your car, do you think of which seat is the safest? Probably not, I know I don't. In fact getting in a accident is the farest thing from my mind when I get my car, yet when I get on a plane, it's the only thing on my mind!!!

If you have the luxury of traveling without children, take the exit rows. You will enjoy lots of leg room!! If you are a nervous flyer, there are a few web sites that may help you calm your nerves.

Take care and enjoy your flight!

 

[CleveRocks]

A little off-topic from the OP's question, but perhaps an interesting way to put air travel safety into perspective, anyway ....

FACT: about 50,000 people die each year in the USA in motor vehicle accidents

This is how you can know in the simplest terms how safe air travel is by comparison. If commercial airliners have an average of 100 people on board, then 500 commercial airliners would have to crash in the USA each year (with 100% fatalities) in order to equal the deaths on our roadways. Can you imagine 500 airliner crashes in our country each year??? That's more than one EVERY DAY.

Statistically, air travel is safer than driving.

As to the joke about "why don't they make the whole plane from the same stuff they make the black box with," according to www.thinkexist.com the joke is attributed to Steven Wright. Makes as good sense as any other answer. I know by the mid-90s (AFTER Wright's prime) it was a cliche, an example of a joke used WAAAAAY too many times, so much so that it wasn't funny any more.

 

[littleprissboutique]

xxxxx

 

[littleprissboutique]

I like Bills reply. You know I dont care which seat is the safest. When it is your time to go, it is your time to go. No one can cheat death...


Here is my question.


Why would you want a "safe seat" Like Bill said--at 25,000 plus feet you are a lawn dart.

Lets just say you got the safe seat, and the plane was coming down at 30,000 feet. You grab you O2 and put in on you face ( which makes you stay awake til the end ), and you manage to stay calm ( yeah right ) Then the plane hits............... You inchworm your way to the exit roll ( broken bones all over the place ) and find that your arm is broken and cant turn the handle to let you off the plane.... Ironic huh.... So, your safe seat keeps you alive, but dont get you off the plane....

I dont know about this safe seat stuff. I dont know about that whole O2 mask thing.... Just let me pass out, and if I wake up--- It was all a dream

Life is to short anyway, why worry yourself over stuff like this.... DONT SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF... Enjoy your life...

But like everyone has said......... Planes are checked, checked, rechecked, and checked some more. So, they are safe!

 

[drogerstn]

...FACT: about 50,000 people die each year in the USA in motor vehicle accidents

This is how you can know in the simplest terms how safe air travel is by comparison. If commercial airliners have an average of 100 people on board, then 500 commercial airliners would have to crash in the USA each year (with 100% fatalities) in order to equal the deaths on our roadways. Can you imagine 500 airliner crashes in our country each year??? That's more than one EVERY DAY.

Statistically, air travel is safer than driving....

Not quite so simple as this. How much time is spent per person on the road compared to per person in flight? Maybe how many miles covered one way vs. the other... I imagine only a few people die each year from jumping/falling off of the roofs of buildings; does this mean it is safer to jump off of a tall building than it is to drive to the nearby grocery store...

 

[CleveRocks]

Not quite so simple as this. How much time is spent per person on the road compared to per person in flight? Maybe how many miles covered one way vs. the other...

Interesting thoughts!

OK, let's take it a step further. From recently doing my taxes I know that I drive about 20,000 miles a year. In a slow year, I fly about 2,000 miles (to MCO and back!). I know I may not be typical, but for argument's sake let's say I am. Let's do the math (using my hypothetical numbers from above) -- put your seat belt on for this one, it's a bumpy ride ....

300 million Americans X 20,000 miles driven = 6 TRILLION miles driven in America. 50,000 traffic deaths divided by 6 trillion miles equals 1 highway death per 120 million miles driven.

300 million Americans X 2,000 miles flown = 600 BILLION miles flown. If there was one death per 120 million miles flown (remember, we just established there is one death for every 120 million miles driven), and 120 million goes into 600 billion 3,000 times, then that means if driving and flying were equal in terms of safety (safety meaning making it from beginning to end without dying), then 3,000 people would die each year in airline crashes. And since we all know that 3,000 people don't die in airline crashes in the USA each year, not even in the most nightmarish year imaginable, we can conclude that, on a per mile basis, flying is safer than driving.

I imagine only a few people die each year from jumping/falling off of the roofs of buildings; does this mean it is safer to jump off of a tall building than it is to drive to the nearby grocery store...

Flying and driving are both means of getting from Point A to Point B, and thus are comparable. Jumping/falling off a roof and driving are NOT comparable activities, and thus I respectfully reject your premise on that one.

So what does all this mean? Apparently, it means I have way too much time on my hands.

Please, PLEASE, don't let your otherwise normal children get master's degrees in statistics. THIS could happen to them.

 

[NotUrsula]

Why would you want a "safe seat" Like Bill said--at 25,000 plus feet you are a lawn dart.

We've had this discussion many times with regard to whether or not to use a carseat on board. The reason is that "falling out of the sky" types of accidents are not the only sort that planes get into, and in fact, those are less likely than an emergency on the ground, such as maybe rolling off the end of the runway or getting clipped by another plane that is on the wrong place on the runway. (BTW, "less likely" is a really relative term here, as ANY emergency situation on a commercial aircraft is *extremely* rare.)

A good example of a completely survivable accident is the Air France incident in Toronto last summer, in which the landing gear malfunctioned and caught fire, causing the plane to go off of the runway. Everyone got out alive in less than 3 minutes, though about 40 people did end up going to the ER with minor injuries.

As for the oxygen mask, it is possible for a plane to lose cabin pressure when there is nothing at all wrong with the mechanisms that keep the plane in the air. If that's the case, you would put the mask on and just stay calm; the pilot would immediately take the plane to lower altitude, then then land at the nearest airport that could handle the plane's size.

 

[CleveRocks]

NotUrsula, I think by "safe seats" it's meant are there locations on the aircraft that are more survivable than others in the event of a serious crash.

 

[drogerstn]

You are, for the most part, comparing travel in a personal automobile versus commercial air travel. Take a look at general aviation fatalities; 2.3 deaths per 100,000 flight hours in 2005 in the U.S. (from NTSB data).

...Flying and driving are both means of getting from Point A to Point B, and thus are comparable. Jumping/falling off a roof and driving are NOT comparable activities, and thus I respectfully reject your premise on that one...

Jumping off a building is a means of getting from Point A to Point B. Most driving miles get a person from a Point A to a Point B in which flying is not an option (e.g. traveling from one's house to the grocery store).

Please, PLEASE, don't let your otherwise normal children get master's degrees in statistics. THIS could happen to them.

If you have a master's degree in statistics, I recommend you seek a refund ...

 

[CleveRocks]

If you have a master's degree in statistics, I recommend you seek a refund ...

The joke's on Villanova University ... in addition to the tuition scholarship, they paid me the prince-like stipend of $600 per month to run research, do gopher-work, and teach the occasional lecture.

Notice I never mentioned "general aviation" in my post. I specifically mentioned commercial airliners. I'd rather drive than fly the Big Bopper/Buddy Holly/John Denver/JFK Jr./Peter Tamarkin route.

 

[ducklite]

Please, PLEASE, don't let your otherwise normal children get master's degrees in statistics. THIS could happen to them.

This is so funny! When I started reading your post I immediately thought of a good friend who has a BS in statistics and a masters in actuarial science...and you think YOU've got issues LOLOLOL!!!

Anne

 

[goofy4tink]

Oh you guys!! Now, I'm not so sure whether I feel safer flying or driving!!! But, it's nice to wake up with a chuckle for a change!!! Always wondered about those statistics people Eric!! Now I understand