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I do the same thing with the nacelle!

I haven’t researched enough to be certain, but it seems like shielding yourself from being hurt by an uncontained engine failure is probably the only thing that an individual can affect by their own choices on a modern commercial jet. Most other accident types seem to be either not tied to any specific area of the plane or so large/non-survivable that there’s nothing a passenger can do.

It’s silly since the odds of literally anything happening are so low, but it makes some part of my brain happier so I do it.




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