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Safest locations

Which part of an aircraft is the safest location in case of a fatal accident? This list shows all fatal jetliner accidents operating on passenger flights, with at least one surivor.
The safest location - the part of the aircraft where most occupants survived - had been obtained from official aircraft accident investigation reports. For some accidents he official report could not be obtained, and in some cases the report did not give any information on the safest location (listed as "unknown").

  Date Type Occupants Survivors Phase 1 Safest location
1 27-AUG-1959 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 50 48 APR
2 19-JAN-1961 Douglas DC-8-21 106 102 TOF
3 10-JUL-1961 Tupolev 104B 85 84 APR
4 11-JUL-1961 Douglas DC-8-12 122 105 LDG
5 21-DEC-1961 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4B 34 7 ICL unknown
6 03-JUN-1962 Boeing 707-328 132 2 TOF unknown
7 20-AUG-1962 Douglas DC-8-33 105 90 TOF
8 23-NOV-1964 Boeing 707-331 73 23 TOF unknown
9 20-MAY-1965 Boeing 720-040B 127 6 APR unknown
10 08-NOV-1965 Boeing 727-23 62 4 APR
11 11-NOV-1965 Boeing 727-22 91 48 APR rear
12 15-FEB-1966 SE-210 Caravelle VIN 80 78 APR unknown
13 04-MAR-1966 Douglas DC-8-43 72 8 APR center
14 05-MAR-1967 Douglas DC-8-33 90 39 APR front
15 30-JUN-1967 SE-210 Caravelle III 80 56 APR front/rear
16 05-NOV-1967 Convair CV-880-22M-3 127 126 TOF unknown
17 06-NOV-1967 Boeing 707-131 36 35 TOF
18 20-NOV-1967 Convair CV-880-22-1 82 12 APR rear
19 07-FEB-1968 Boeing 707-138B 61 60 LDG
20 16-FEB-1968 Boeing 727-92C 63 42 APR unknown
21 08-APR-1968 Boeing 707-465 127 122 ICL front/center
22 20-APR-1968 Boeing 707-344C 128 5 ICL
23 12-JUN-1968 Boeing 707-321C 63 57 APR
24 02-AUG-1968 Douglas DC-8-43 95 82 APR
25 05-JAN-1969 Boeing 727-113C 62 14 APR unknown
26 13-JAN-1969 DC-8-62 45 30 APR front
27 26-JUL-1969 SE-210 Caravelle VIN 37 4 APR
28 12-SEP-1969 BAC One-Eleven 402AP 47 2 APR
29 21-SEP-1969 Boeing 727-64 118 91 APR
30 01-APR-1970 SE-210 Caravelle III 82 21 APR
31 02-MAY-1970 DC-9-33CF 63 40 ENR rear
32 27-NOV-1970 DC-8-63CF 229 182 TOF front
33 07-DEC-1970 BAC One-Eleven 424EU 27 9 APR
34 28-DEC-1970 Boeing 727-2A7 55 53 LDG front/center
35 23-MAY-1971 Tupolev 134A 83 5 LDG
36 25-JUL-1971 Tupolev 104B 126 29 APR
37 06-SEP-1971 BAC One-Eleven 515FB 121 99 ICL
38 21-JAN-1972 DC-9-32 5 4 APR
39 18-APR-1972 Vickers VC-10-1154 107 64 TOF unknown
40 14-JUN-1972 Douglas DC-8-53 87 5 APR
41 28-NOV-1972 DC-8-62 76 15 ICL unknown
42 08-DEC-1972 Boeing 737-222 61 18 APR rear
43 20-DEC-1972 DC-9-31 45 35 TOF
44 23-DEC-1972 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 45 5 APR
45 29-DEC-1972 Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 176 77 APR front/rear
46 22-JAN-1973 Boeing 707-3D3C 202 26 LDG
47 19-FEB-1973 Tupolev 154 100 34 APR
48 31-MAY-1973 Boeing 737-2A8 65 17 APR
49 30-JUN-1973 Tupolev 134A 84 82 TOF
50 11-JUL-1973 Boeing 707-345C 134 11 APR front/center
51 22-JUL-1973 Boeing 707-321B 79 1 ENR
52 07-DEC-1973 Tupolev 104B 72 59 APR
53 01-JAN-1974 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 42 4 APR
54 26-JAN-1974 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 73 7 TOF unknown
55 30-JAN-1974 Boeing 707-321B 101 4 APR center
56 15-MAR-1974 SE-210 Caravelle 10B3 96 81 TXI
57 11-SEP-1974 DC-9-31 82 12 APR rear
58 20-NOV-1974 Boeing 747-130 157 98 TOF
59 24-JUN-1975 Boeing 727-225 124 11 APR rear
60 15-AUG-1975 Yakovlev 40 28 5 LDG
61 20-AUG-1975 Ilyushin 62 128 2 APR
62 01-SEP-1975 Tupolev 134 34 7 APR
63 24-SEP-1975 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 61 36 APR
64 30-OCT-1975 DC-9-32 120 45 APR
65 05-APR-1976 Boeing 727-81 57 56 LDG unknown
66 27-APR-1976 Boeing 727-95 88 51 LDG front
67 27-MAR-1977 Boeing 747-121 396 61 TXI unknown
68 30-MAR-1977 Yakovlev 40 27 19 APR
69 04-APR-1977 DC-9-31 85 22 ENR rear
70 27-MAY-1977 Ilyushin 62M 70 2 APR
71 21-SEP-1977 Tupolev 134 53 24 APR
72 27-SEP-1977 DC-8-62H 79 45 APR
73 19-NOV-1977 Boeing 727-282 164 33 LDG
74 21-NOV-1977 BAC One-Eleven 420EL 79 33 APR
75 02-DEC-1977 Tupolev 154A 165 106 ENR
76 18-DEC-1977 SE-210 Caravelle 10R 57 21 APR
77 11-FEB-1978 Boeing 737-275 49 7 LDG rear
78 01-MAR-1978 DC-10-10 200 198 TOF
79 08-MAY-1978 Boeing 727-235 58 55 APR unknown
80 19-MAY-1978 Tupolev 154B 134 130 ENR
81 26-JUN-1978 DC-9-32 107 105 TOF
82 15-NOV-1978 DC-8-63CF 262 79 APR
83 17-DEC-1978 Boeing 737-2A8 132 131 TOF
84 23-DEC-1978 DC-9-32 129 21 APR
85 28-DEC-1978 DC-8-61 189 179 APR rear
86 14-MAR-1979 Boeing 727-2D3 64 19 APR
87 17-MAR-1979 Tupolev 104B 106 20 ENR
88 08-OCT-1979 DC-8-62 154 140 LDG
89 31-OCT-1979 DC-10-10 88 16 LDG unknown
90 23-DEC-1979 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 45 4 APR
91 03-FEB-1980 Yakovlev 40 37 36 LDG
92 27-FEB-1980 Boeing 707-309C 135 133 APR
93 12-APR-1980 Boeing 727-27C 58 3 APR
94 07-AUG-1980 Tupolev 154B-1 168 167 APR
95 19-NOV-1980 Boeing 747-2B5B 212 198 LDG
96 27-JUL-1981 DC-9-32 66 36 LDG
97 29-AUG-1981 Yakovlev 40 34 31 APR
98 16-NOV-1981 Tupolev 154B-2 167 68 APR
99 13-JAN-1982 Boeing 737-222 79 5 ICL rear
100 23-JAN-1982 DC-10-30CF 212 210 LDG unknown
101 09-FEB-1982 DC-8-61 174 150 APR
102 25-MAY-1982 Boeing 737-2A1 118 116 LDG
103 22-JUN-1982 Boeing 707-437 111 92 LDG
104 13-SEP-1982 DC-10-30CF 394 344 TOF front/center
105 29-SEP-1982 Ilyushin 62M 77 70 LDG
106 16-JAN-1983 Boeing 727-2F2 67 20 APR
107 11-MAR-1983 DC-9-32 50 27 LDG
108 29-APR-1983 SE-210 Caravelle VIR 100 92 APR
109 02-JUN-1983 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 3000RC 61 58 TOF
110 02-JUN-1983 DC-9-32 46 23 ENR center
111 14-SEP-1983 Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 106 95 TXI
112 27-NOV-1983 Boeing 747-283B 192 11 APR unknown
113 28-NOV-1983 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 2000 72 19 APR
114 07-DEC-1983 Boeing 727-256 93 42 TOF unknown
115 30-AUG-1984 Boeing 737-2H7C 116 114 STD
116 11-OCT-1984 Tupolev 154B-1 179 5 LDG
117 01-FEB-1985 Tupolev 134AK 80 22 ICL
118 02-AUG-1985 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 163 29 APR rear
119 12-AUG-1985 Boeing 747SR-46 524 4 ENR rear
120 22-AUG-1985 Boeing 737-236 137 82 TOF front
121 28-JAN-1986 Boeing 737-2A1 72 71 TOF
122 22-JUN-1986 Tupolev 134A 59 58 TOF
123 02-JUL-1986 Tupolev 134AK 94 40 ENR
124 19-OCT-1986 Tupolev 134A-3 44 10 APR rear
125 20-OCT-1986 Tupolev 134A 92 22 LDG
126 12-DEC-1986 Tupolev 134A 82 10 APR
127 03-JAN-1987 Boeing 707-379C 51 1 APR
128 04-APR-1987 DC-9-32 45 22 APR
129 19-JUN-1987 Yakovlev 40 29 21 LDG
130 04-AUG-1987 Boeing 737-2A1 33 32 LDG
131 16-AUG-1987 DC-9-82 155 1 TOF front
132 15-NOV-1987 Douglas DC-9-14 82 54 TOF rear
133 18-JAN-1988 Tupolev 154B-1 143 132 LDG
134 24-JAN-1988 Yakovlev 40 31 4 ICL
135 27-FEB-1988 Tupolev 134AK 51 31 APR
136 28-APR-1988 Boeing 737-297 95 94 ENR not relevant
137 02-AUG-1988 Yakovlev 40 37 9 TOF
138 31-AUG-1988 Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 89 82 LDG
139 31-AUG-1988 Boeing 727-232 108 94 TOF front/center
140 09-SEP-1988 Tupolev 134A 90 14 APR
141 15-SEP-1988 Boeing 737-260 104 69 APR rear
142 17-OCT-1988 Boeing 707-338C 52 19 APR unknown
143 19-OCT-1988 Boeing 737-2A8 129 5 APR
144 25-OCT-1988 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 69 57 ICL
145 08-JAN-1989 Boeing 737-4Y0 126 79 APR front
146 10-MAR-1989 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 69 45 ICL
147 07-JUN-1989 DC-8-62 187 11 APR
148 17-JUN-1989 Ilyushin 62M 113 92 TOF
149 19-JUL-1989 DC-10-10 296 185 LDG center
150 27-JUL-1989 DC-10-30 199 124 APR
151 03-SEP-1989 Boeing 737-241 54 41 ENR
152 20-SEP-1989 Boeing 737-401 63 61 TOF front/center
153 21-OCT-1989 Boeing 727-224 146 19 APR
154 13-JAN-1990 Tupolev 134A 71 44 ENR
155 25-JAN-1990 Boeing 707-321B 158 85 APR rear
156 14-FEB-1990 Airbus A320-231 146 54 APR
157 11-MAY-1990 Boeing 737-3Y0 120 112 PBT
158 14-SEP-1990 Yakovlev 42 128 124 APR
159 02-OCT-1990 Boeing 757-21B 122 76 STD
160 24-OCT-1990 Yakovlev 40S2 31 20 APR
161 03-DEC-1990 Douglas DC-9-14 44 36 TXI front
162 01-FEB-1991 Boeing 737-3B7 89 67 LDG rear
163 20-FEB-1991 British Aerospace BAe-146-200A 73 53 LDG
164 23-MAY-1991 Tupolev 154B-1 178 165 LDG
165 26-JUN-1991 BAC One-Eleven 402AP 55 52 LDG
166 20-JAN-1992 Airbus A320-111 96 9 APR rear
167 22-MAR-1992 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000 51 24 TOF front/rear
168 31-JUL-1992 Yakovlev 42D 126 18 ICL
169 14-NOV-1992 Yakovlev 40 31 1 APR
170 21-DEC-1992 DC-10-30CF 340 284 LDG
171 05-MAR-1993 Fokker 100 97 14 ICL
172 26-APR-1993 Boeing 737-2A8 118 63 TOF
173 01-JUL-1993 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 3000 43 2 APR
174 23-JUL-1993 British Aerospace BAe-146-300 113 58 TOF
175 26-JUL-1993 Boeing 737-5L9 116 48 APR
176 28-AUG-1993 Yakovlev 40 86 4 TOF
177 14-SEP-1993 Airbus A320-211 70 68 LDG center/rear
178 26-OCT-1993 MD-82 80 78 LDG
179 13-NOV-1993 MD-82 102 90 APR
180 20-NOV-1993 Yakovlev 42D 116 1 ENR
181 26-APR-1994 Airbus A300B4-622R 271 7 APR center
182 01-JUL-1994 Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000 93 13 LDG
183 02-JUL-1994 DC-9-31 57 20 APR rear
184 18-SEP-1994 BAC One-Eleven 515FB 39 5 APR
185 05-NOV-1994 Yakovlev 40 31 25 LDG
186 29-DEC-1994 Boeing 737-4Y0 76 19 APR
187 11-JAN-1995 Douglas DC-9-14 53 1 APR
188 24-JUN-1995 Tupolev 134A 80 64 LDG
189 13-NOV-1995 Boeing 737-2F9 138 127 LDG
190 03-DEC-1995 Boeing 737-2K9 76 5 APR
191 05-DEC-1995 Tupolev 134B-3 82 30 ICL
192 20-DEC-1995 Boeing 757-223 164 4 APR unknown
193 13-JUN-1996 DC-10-30 275 272 TOF front/center
194 26-OCT-1996 Yakovlev 40K 37 32 LDG
195 14-FEB-1997 Boeing 737-2C3 52 51 LDG
196 08-MAY-1997 Boeing 737-31B 74 39 LDG
197 29-JUL-1997 BAC One-Eleven 203AE 55 54 LDG
198 06-AUG-1997 Boeing 747-3B5 254 26 APR front/center/rear
199 03-SEP-1997 Tupolev 134B-3 66 1 APR
200 15-DEC-1997 Tupolev 154B-1 86 1 APR
201 28-DEC-1997 Boeing 747-122 393 392 ENR not relevant
202 05-MAY-1998 Boeing 737-282 88 13 APR
203 29-AUG-1998 Tupolev 154M 91 21 TOF
204 11-DEC-1998 Airbus A310-204 146 45 APR
205 01-JUN-1999 MD-82 145 134 LDG front/rear
206 22-AUG-1999 MD-11 315 312 LDG
207 24-AUG-1999 MD-90-30 96 95 LDG
208 26-AUG-1999 Yakovlev 40 33 31 LDG
209 31-AUG-1999 Boeing 737-204C 103 40 TOF unknown
210 21-DEC-1999 DC-10-30 314 298 LDG unknown
211 30-JAN-2000 Airbus A310-304 179 10 ENR front/center/rear
212 17-JUL-2000 Boeing 737-2A8 58 3 APR unknown
213 31-OCT-2000 Boeing 747-412 179 96 TOF front/rear
214 03-MAR-2001 Boeing 737-4D7 8 7 STD not relevant
215 24-NOV-2001 Avro RJ.100 33 9 APR unknown
216 16-JAN-2002 Boeing 737-3Q8 60 59 APR
217 15-APR-2002 Boeing 767-2J6ER 166 37 APR front/rear
218 04-MAY-2002 BAC One-Eleven 525FT 77 6 ENR
219 07-MAY-2002 Boeing 737-566 62 48 APR
220 08-JAN-2003 Avro RJ.100 80 5 APR
221 06-MAR-2003 Boeing 737-2T4 103 1 ICL
222 22-JUN-2003 Canadair CRJ100ER (CL-600-2B19 24 23 APR not relevant
223 08-JUL-2003 Boeing 737-2J8C 117 1 APR
224 25-DEC-2003 Boeing 727-223 163 22 TOF
225 30-NOV-2004 MD-82 163 138 LDG
226 20-APR-2005 Boeing 707-3J9C 169 166 LDG not relevant
227 23-AUG-2005 Boeing 737-244 98 58 APR front/rear
228 05-SEP-2005 Boeing 737-230 117 17 ICL
229 10-DEC-2005 DC-9-32 109 1 LDG
230 09-JUL-2006 Airbus A310-324 203 78 LDG
231 27-AUG-2006 Canadair CRJ100ER (CL-600-2B19 50 1 TOF front
232 01-SEP-2006 Tupolev 154M 148 120 LDG
233 10-OCT-2006 British Aerospace BAe-146-200A 16 12 LDG
234 29-OCT-2006 Boeing 737-2B7 105 9 ICL
235 07-MAR-2007 Boeing 737-497 140 119 LDG center/rear
236 17-MAR-2007 Tupolev 134A-3 57 51 LDG
237 28-JUN-2007 Boeing 737-2M2 78 73 LDG
238 16-SEP-2007 MD-82 130 40 LDG
239 15-APR-2008 DC-9-51 94 91 TOF
240 30-MAY-2008 Airbus A320-233 124 121 LDG
241 10-JUN-2008 Airbus A310-324 214 184 LDG
242 20-AUG-2008 MD-82 172 18 TOF
243 24-AUG-2008 Boeing 737-219 90 25 APR
244 25-FEB-2009 Boeing 737-8F2 135 126 LDG
245 30-JUN-2009 Airbus A310-324 153 1 APR
246 24-JUL-2009 Ilyushin 62M 153 137 LDG
247 12-NOV-2009 Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional 15 14 TXI
1) Phase:
TOF = Takeoff
ICL = Initial climb
ENR = En route, descent
APR = Approach
LDG = Landing
TXI = Taxying

Phase Number of accidents
no info available157
not mentioned in investigation report24
rear19
front9
front/rear7
front/center7
center5
not relevant5
front/center/rear2
center/rear2
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