Survivors of Taiwan Crash Were All in Plane’s Rear Seats
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Survivors of TransAsia Airways Corp. flight GE235 that crashed into a river in Taipei were seated toward the rear of the plane, the section of an aircraft typically considered the safest zone in the event of a crash.
Each of the 14 passengers who lived through the Feb. 4 crash had seats in or behind Row 11 of the single-aisle, 72-seat ATR72-600 aircraft, based on a seating chart and survivor list from TransAsia. The 15th survivor was one of two flight attendants on the aircraft.