Discussion:
Simple spreadsheet compiled about the 21 commercial aircraft accidents in the US since 1972 that have at least one survivor and one death. Look at the data and crunch the numbers to determine where/if it is safer to sit in the front or the back during a flight. It's apparent looking at it that the back is safer some interesting statistical compilations.
| DATE |
AIRLINE |
Flight Number |
ACCIDENT LOCATION |
FORWARD/AFT |
DEATHS |
SURVIVORS |
# OF PASSENGERS |
| 3/3/1972 |
Mohawk Airline |
405 |
Albany, NY |
No data |
16 |
32 |
48 |
| 6/24/1975 |
Eastern |
66 |
New York, NY (JFK) |
AFT |
106 |
10 |
116 |
| 4/4/1977 |
Southern Airways |
242 |
New Hope, GA |
No data |
63 |
22 |
85 |
| 12/28/1978 |
United |
173 |
Portlkand, OR |
AFT |
8 |
173 |
181 |
| 1/13/1982 |
Air Florida |
90 |
Washington, DC |
AFT |
70 |
4 |
74 |
| 1/23/1982 |
World Airways |
30 |
Boston, MA |
AFT |
2 |
198 |
200 |
| 1/21/1985 |
Galaxy Airlines |
203 |
Reno, NV |
FWD |
70 |
1 |
71 |
| 8/2/1985 |
Delta |
191 |
Dallas Fort Worth |
AFT |
136 |
27 |
163 |
| 8/16/1987 |
North West |
255 |
Detroit, MI |
FWD |
154 |
1 |
155 |
| 4/28/1988 |
Aloha |
243 |
Kahului, HI |
AFT |
1 |
89 |
90 |
| 8/31/1988 |
Delta |
1141 |
Dallas Fort Worth |
FWD |
12 |
96 |
108 |
| 2/24/1989 |
United |
811 |
Honolulu, HI |
AFT |
9 |
346 |
355 |
| 7/19/1989 |
United |
232 |
Sioux City, IA |
FWD |
111 |
174 |
285 |
| 9/20/1989 |
US Air |
5050 |
New York, NY (LaGuardia) |
FWD |
2 |
55 |
57 |
| 1/25/1990 |
Avianca |
52 |
New York, NY (JFK) |
No data |
92 |
54 |
146 |
| 12/3/1990 |
North West |
1482 |
Detroit, MI |
AFT |
7 |
47 |
54 |
| 2/1/1991 |
US Airways |
1493 |
Los Angeles, CA |
19 FWD/1AFT |
20 |
69 |
89 |
| 3/22/1992 |
US Air |
405 |
New York, NY (LaGuardia) |
AFT |
25 |
22 |
47 |
| 7/2/1994 |
US Airways |
1016 |
Charolette, NC |
15FWD/12AFT |
37 |
14 |
51 |
| 7/6/1996 |
Delta |
1288 |
Pensacola, FL |
FWD |
2 |
146 |
148 |
| 6/1/1999 |
American Airlines |
1420 |
Little Rock, AK |
2FWD/9AFT |
11 |
134 |
145 |