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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This basis of your question is an assumption, so that alone is already an issue because I’m not sure that it’s true.

In a serious crashed it almost doesn’t matter. I.e. a plane crashing into a mountain. When those who do survive, it’s usually because of sheer luck, like the survivors were in the middle section of the plane, that that is what took the least damage.

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