Surviving the unsurvivable

The catastrophic crash of an Air India Dreamliner flight in June killed 241 passengers and crew members.  There was a lone passenger who defied near-impossible odds to walk out of one of the deadliest aviation disasters in recent history with minor injuries, stirring a familiar obsession: Which seat is the safest in a crash? 

A Reuters analysis shows there is no universally "safe seat" or section of an aircraft.

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