Most crashes happen during start or landing and involve lots of fire and g-force. If you somehow had the chance to leave the aircraft in mid-flight, the enviro

Most crashes happen during start or landing and involve lots of fire and g-force. If you somehow had the chance to leave the aircraft in mid-flight, the environment outside the plane would kill you. Very, very cold, very high speed winds (besides the plane moving very fast through the air) and no oxygen. If the pilots could maneuver the plane safely to lower altitudes, chances are very good they could also just put it on the ground.