Airline advice on where on a plane you are least likely to die in a crash

[tacobell fan]

Just what you always wanted to hear from an airline: advice on how to pick your seat based on fatality rates.

The regional Twitter account for Dutch airline KLM in India, @KLMIndia, put out a tweet early Wednesday morning as a follow-up to a trivia question about which seats are the safest on a plane.

“According to data studies by Time, the fatality rate for the seats in the middle of the plane is the highest,” the tweet said. “However, the fatality rate for the seats in the front is marginally lesser and is least for seats at the rear third of a plane.”

It featured an image of a lone seat perched on a fluffy cloud with the words: “Seats at the back of a plane are the safest!” The company deleted the tweet about 12 hours after posting following an email from The Washington Post and later tweeted an apology.

Followers were flummoxed by the “fact.” “@KLM I’m not sure this is the selling point your brand wants or needs,” one wrote. “Why would you tweet this!?” another asked.

Officials with the airline were not immediately available to discuss the strategy behind the tweet, which bore the hashtags #TuesdayTrivia and #Facts.

Time magazine published an article in 2015 making the case that middle seats in the back of a plane, specifically, had the highest survival rate (28 percent), based on a study of accidents dating to 1985. Generally, regarding broad sections of the plane, “the analysis found that the seats in the back third of the aircraft had a 32% fatality rate, compared with 39% in the middle third and 38% in the front third,” the magazine said.

 

But the Federal Aviation Administration would quibble with the #Facts designation.

“Many people have tried and failed to produce a scientifically defensible answer to this question,” FAA communications manager Lynn Lunsford said in an email. “There are too many variables, and this is the important one — so few accidents — that a simple answer is probably not statistically defensible.”

In another email, FAA spokesman Greg Martin added: “Since February 2009, over 90 million miles, and about 8 billion passengers have been carried in U.S. commercial aviation without a single crash fatality — an exemplary safety record. As compared to any other human activity, the safest place to be is in a U.S. commercial airliner — regardless of seat.”

 

[Kaalakeya]

back seats demand kosam publicity a

[Amrita]

Thanks next time mundu or venakala seats select chesukunta and will ignore middle. Teleka always middle seats aey select chestanu 

[andhra_alludu]

2 minutes ago, Amrita said:

Thanks next time mundu or venakala seats select chesukunta and will ignore middle. Teleka always middle seats aey select chestanu 

Akkayya raasipetti unte thummina sasthaam daggina sasthaam.... FINAL DESTINATION cinema lu chudaledhetti? 

[Amrita]

Just now, andhra_alludu said:

Akkayya raasipetti unte thummina sasthaam daggina sasthaam.... FINAL DESTINATION cinema lu chudaledhetti? 

Mana chetulo lenivi elano cheyalem unnadi free aey ga cheseyachu ga ani. Also, Information is wealth   annaru @tacobell fan anta concerned ga post esthe how ya ignoring ? 

[Chinna84]

5 minutes ago, Amrita said:

Thanks next time mundu or venakala seats select chesukunta and will ignore middle. Teleka always middle seats aey select chestanu 

Poye date raasi pettunte, ye seat ayithenemi Akka ??

 

intha chinna logic etta miss ayinaav 

[andhra_alludu]

Just now, Chinna84 said:

Poye date raasi pettunte, ye seat ayithenemi Akka ??

 

intha chinna logic etta miss ayinaav 

Anthey ga!! Anthey ga!!! 

[Amrita]

Just now, Chinna84 said:

Poye date raasi pettunte, ye seat ayithenemi Akka ??

 

intha chinna logic etta miss ayinaav 

Human efforts pettakunda fate ani i dont give up thammi. Devudu side tappu undali not amrita side.

2 minutes ago, Amrita said:

Mana chetulo lenivi elano cheyalem unnadi free aey ga cheseyachu ga ani. Also, Information is wealth   annaru @tacobell fan anta concerned ga post esthe how ya ignoring ? 

 

[andhra_alludu]

1 minute ago, Amrita said:

Mana chetulo lenivi elano cheyalem unnadi free aey ga cheseyachu ga ani. Also, Information is wealth   annaru @tacobell fan anta concerned ga post esthe how ya ignoring ? 

Mi laanti dabbunollu seats koni mari select cheskuntaaru... Maa lanti Frontier, Spirit airlines baapathu seats ki endhuku bokka ani vaadu ekkada kurchobedithey akkada kurchuntaam..... #middleclass #budgetfriendly

[Chinna84]

1 minute ago, andhra_alludu said:

Anthey ga!! Anthey ga!!! 

yedaki poyinav ba inni rojulu ??

[Amrita]

Just now, andhra_alludu said:

Mi laanti dabbunollu seats koni mari select cheskuntaaru... Maa lanti Frontier, Spirit airlines baapathu seats ki endhuku bokka ani vaadu ekkada kurchobedithey akkada kurchuntaam..... #middleclass #budgetfriendly

Worst airlines rondu kuda. But i am middle class too. 

[Chinna84]

Devudu side tappu undali not amrita side.

 

- paiana Devudu anni susthunnadu - manalni(humans) puttinchatame peddha thappu pani antaadu; Devudi joliki vellaku Akka 

 

[andhra_alludu]

1 minute ago, Chinna84 said:

yedaki poyinav ba inni rojulu ??

Bigg Boss daggaraki vachedaaka aranyavaasam chesocha!!! Inka aata modhalavbothundi ani naa veta kuda start chesaa... 

[Amrita]

2 minutes ago, Chinna84 said:

Devudu side tappu undali not amrita side.

 

- paiana Devudu anni susthunnadu - manalni(humans) puttinchatame peddha thappu pani antaadu; Devudi joliki vellaku Akka 

 

Its okay. Devudu is not a psycho or villian.  He knows me and also know that i am firm believer of god and spirituality. I am good. Mem mem dosthulame. Inka cheppalante I M GOD !!! Proof kavalante ask @Dhevudu2 

[andhra_alludu]

2 minutes ago, Amrita said:

Worst airlines rondu kuda. But i am middle class too. 

Disastrous airlines kakapothey jebu ki ekkuva chillu padani airlines andhuke vaatini baaga encouraging sesthunna... 

Ayina mana Utah lo ye airlines ekkuva tiruguthaayi akkayi?