These are some of the questions that have resurfaced after an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed into Kazakhstan, killing 38 people, after attempting to land in Russia’s southern republic of Chechnya on Wednesday.
In the Azerbaijan Airlines crash, people seated in the back of the plane are some of those who survived.
One of the most frequently cited studies is an investigation by Time, which analysed 35 years of data from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA).
Studies suggest that passengers seated in the rear third of a plane tend to have higher survival rates.
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