BACKWARD FACING SEATS IN PLANES
Received Tuesday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Feb. 3. R.A.F. Transport Command tests may 'result in British airliners' seats being I turned round • so that the passengers faee an aircraft 's tail, says the Evening News. British airlines are also experimenting. A technical official said the backward facing of seats provided a greater safety factor in an emergeney as the back of the seat took all the weight. The arrangement should also give greater comfort. . The compani4s wdll obtain the pub lic's reaction to such a drastic chango by introducing a few backward facing seats in some planes.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 February 1947, Page 5
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