The front of the plane usually bears the brunt of any impact, so passengers in the tail have a 40 percent higher survival rate than those at the front.
飞机前排的座位总是首当其中地受到影响，所以在尾部的乘客要比在前排的乘客高40%的存活几率。
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His plane was still falling fast, even after he managed to decrease the sink rate.
尽管他已降低了飞机的下降速度，可飞机仍在迅速俯冲。
3
The software can work out, for example, the exact rate at which a plane should rise into thinner air (to reduce drag) as fuel burn makes it lighter.