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Even if it was the case I wouldn't draw any "conspiracy" conclusions from it. As part of a demanding CEO role he may of be quite physically fit, or maybe he jus

by xabxxx 6y ago

Even if it was the case I wouldn't draw any "conspiracy" conclusions from it. As part of a demanding CEO role he may of be quite physically fit, or maybe he just had the whole of business class to himself.

bpodgursky 6y ago
My understanding is that the front of a plane is usually more survivable in a crash. Usually crashes are tail-first, and the back is closer to the engines / gas to star with. (pilots are generally trying to pull up at the time of a crash, so the nose is up and tail is down). So yeah, if he was in business class, I don't think it'd be crazy for that to boost his survival odds (assuming anyone does survive).
- ashtonkem 6y ago
  That is not correct. The back of the plane is slightly safer based on historical data, largely due to the tendency of the front of the plane to break off during a crash landing. [0] If the pilot is still pulling up when the plane contacts the ground, then you’re probably talking about an extremely high speed crash, where no seat is safe. The types of crashes you need to analyze for seat specific survivability are things like runway excursions and relatively level landings onto fields or bodies of water. O: https://youtu.be/kJZ1eHU_JZg https://youtu.be/kJZ1eHU_JZg
rurban 6y ago
If so, it would be a reverse conspiracy. The conspiracy folks certainly would come to weird conclusions if he would have died. And prominent folks usually sit in the front rows, the most insecure places in a plane. But I wrote that idea very early after the crash. I didn't expect that so many survived a plane crash, even into 4 houses. Now it became clear that many survived. Almost a miracle to me. Very lucky. My initial idea was some dust in the engines, because that was the very first flight after the lockdown. Bad maintenance.

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Even if it was the case I wouldn't draw any "conspiracy" conclusions from it. As part of a demanding CEO role he may of be quite physically fit, or maybe he jus

by xabxxx 6y ago

bpodgursky 6y ago
My understanding is that the front of a plane is usually more survivable in a crash. Usually crashes are tail-first, and the back is closer to the engines / gas to star with. (pilots are generally trying to pull up at the time of a crash, so the nose is up and tail is down). So yeah, if he was in business class, I don't think it'd be crazy for that to boost his survival odds (assuming anyone does survive).
- ashtonkem 6y ago
  That is not correct. The back of the plane is slightly safer based on historical data, largely due to the tendency of the front of the plane to break off during a crash landing. [0] If the pilot is still pulling up when the plane contacts the ground, then you’re probably talking about an extremely high speed crash, where no seat is safe. The types of crashes you need to analyze for seat specific survivability are things like runway excursions and relatively level landings onto fields or bodies of water. O: https://youtu.be/kJZ1eHU_JZg https://youtu.be/kJZ1eHU_JZg
rurban 6y ago
If so, it would be a reverse conspiracy. The conspiracy folks certainly would come to weird conclusions if he would have died. And prominent folks usually sit in the front rows, the most insecure places in a plane. But I wrote that idea very early after the crash. I didn't expect that so many survived a plane crash, even into 4 houses. Now it became clear that many survived. Almost a miracle to me. Very lucky. My initial idea was some dust in the engines, because that was the very first flight after the lockdown. Bad maintenance.