Better yet, get a seat in front of the engines instead of behind:
The engine inlet was shredded with metal bent outward. The pane of a window just behind the left wing was missing.
The engine inlet was shredded with metal bent outward. The pane of a window just behind the left wing was missing.
There's also an interesting blog by a UK Professor who studies the safety of crowds in various disaster scenarios: http://fseg.gre.ac.uk/blog/
He found that the closer you are to an exit row, the marginally better your odds of survival.
[1] https://alum.mit.edu/slice/scientists-crash-plane-name-safet...
It's a common trope that the rear of the aircraft is safer, since it usually crashes nose-first. Back when the rear rows were the designated smoking section, one would always hear a few rounds of "smoking saved my life!" after a fatal plane crash.