The chances of surviving a plane crash may be higher for those sitting in the rear seats of an aircraft ... adding that the proximity to an exit row is more important than the area of the plane.

In the test, seat 7A was found 500 feet from the accident site, and the passenger in it would have certainly died. The crash-test dummies seated towards the middle of the plane near the exit rows ...

It found that seats in the back third ... affect the odds of survival in a crash. For example, sitting in an exit row can mean a quicker escape from a plane, Doug Drury, Professor of Aviation ...

Those sitting in the rear seats of an airplane might have ... is able to assume a brace position.” If a plane crashes nose-first, passengers up front will get the most impact — but sitting ...