The catastrophic crash of an Air India Dreamliner flight in June killed 241 passengers and crew members. However, the tragedy also told a remarkable story of survival – a lone passenger who defied near-impossible odds to walk out of one of the deadliest aviation disasters in recent history with minor injuries.
The survivor, 41-year-old Viswashkumar Ramesh, was in seat 11A next to an emergency exit, and managed to jump out of the aircraft after it crashed into a hospital compound near Ahmedabad airport in western India.
The news stirred a familiar, global obsession: Which seat is the safest in a crash? The question surfaces whenever there is a single survivor, or a handful of survivors, in devastating crashes. A Reuters analysis shows there is no universally “safe seat” or section of an aircraft, at least in extraordinary cases of survival, and who lives often depends on a complex mix of factors.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/AVIATION-SAFETY/lgpdaagabvo/
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