Last I heard it was the back of the plane that was statistically safer. Most people still seem to want the front because it gets you off the plane faster and pu

Last I heard it was the back of the plane that was statistically safer. Most people still seem to want the front because it gets you off the plane faster and puts you at the front of the passport queue. Especially on larger planes going to places with lots of non-locals going through the slower manual channels.