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		metaguri on May 13, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Safest Seat on a Plane I remember reading once that on military planes, everyone sits backwards because that is safer. I wonder if it is true?

Ernestas on May 13, 2010 [–]

Your lungs less likely to collapse on impact. I've heard somewhere, not sure 100%.

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