What happens to people killed in plane crashes?

Plus, the majority of plane crash victims survive. In fact, over 95% of people who crash on a plane make it out alive. The next time your aircraft shakes you senseless, remember the facts about air turbulence that will calm you down and recall that plane crashes mostly happen to older, poorly-made aircrafts. read more

Well most of the crashes happen and people perish when the plane impacts the ground. Basically the amount of g-forces break your body and instantly killing you. Just like if you were to jump off a roof and hit the ground. read more

Robert Young Pelton: When you have a plane crash, there's actually two impacts. The first one doesn't feel that bad because you're still moving and you haven't actually hit anything square-on yet. You get thrown up in the air, everything goes weightless and everything inside the plane starts floating around. read more