On Sun, 18 May 2014 06:20:56 -0700, Chuck Duvernay wrote:

The airlines need to install shoulder harnesses & passenger airbags.

Or relocate all the seats to the back of the plane!

On December 1, 1984, NASA & the FAA crashed a Boeing 720 into the Mojave
Desert for their joint report on their "Controlled Impact Demonstration".

Likewise, on April 27, 2012, a Singapore Airlines 727-200 was purposefully
crashed into the Mexican desert for a television documentary first aired
on October 7, 2012 (and numerous times thereafter).

In both tests, about 3/4 of the "dummy" passengers might have survived,
particularly those in the rear seats.