why is the back of the plane the safest in a crash?

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Is it because the plane will mostly hit nose first on the ground?
Has it ever been a case where people in front died/suffered injuries and the people in the back were fine? Is the back sturdier because it needs to withstand the force of the tail elevators?

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u/vksdann Netflix has a movie called Society of Snow. It’s about a sports team flying across the Andes mountains and crashed. I forget the numbers, but there were a number of survivors and many who did not survive.

The crash scene is pretty visceral. It does show exactly how the people at the front of the plane were crushed by the people in the back.

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