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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Two big crashes with survivors came to mind:
[Air Florida 90](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida_Flight_90) which fell into the Potomac and sunk. All of the survivors were in the tail area.
[United 232](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232) which crashed in Sioux City, Iowa. Most of the survivors were in the overwing area or forward.
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