Lost: Who carries in a plane crash

American experts on aviation security revealed details of a unique experiment. In April 2012, they defeated the special passenger plane Boeing 727. Instead of people on board were dummies. After the plane crashed, the experts examined the wreckage of the aircraft and find out what dolls suffered least.
The greatest chance for salvation had economy class passengers whose seats were in the tail of the passenger liner. When a hard landing on the ground blow fell on the nose - where are the pilots and representatives of business-class. These mannequins were "dead."

Holders of the cheaper seats, sitting in the back row, suffered much less. Wearing a mannequin, who took a safe position during an emergency landing (trunk bent forward, head rests on the back of the chair vperedistoyaschego) barely injured. Fastened mannequin sitting with a straight back, escaped with head injuries. Another doll imitates man, despising all the recommendations, I have suffered greatly, and experts likened it to "dead".

The experiment showed that the hard landing of the aircraft are killed in the first place, those who prefer to fly comfortably. The greatest chance of salvation was for people to observe safety precautions, whose place is at the tail of the aircraft.

For reference:
The test was conducted in the Sonoran Desert. Liner ran a pilot who before   crash   I bailed out. Further control of the aircraft was carried out remotely from a helicopter escort.
Boeing 727 crashed into the ground at a speed of 225 km / h, which corresponds to the conditions when a hard landing (at a faster rate falling chances of saving the passengers were not).

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