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Re:Incredible shrinking airline seat by GordonS on Saturday July 29, 2017 @02:57PM (#14882515)
How often do planes actually crash? Is it often enough to get statisically significant data about survival rates in the event of an evacuation?

Also, evacuation after a crash is not the only safety issue - there is deep vein thrombosis, for example.

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Re:Incredible shrinking airline seat by jessriedel on Saturday July 29, 2017 @03:29PM (#14882672)
There isn't nearly enough real-crash data for something as specific as seat widths, but the FAA gets lots of info about this stuff by simulating evacuation procedures with real people.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...

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