The plane is 107 feet from nose to tail-as big as a commercial jet seating 100 passengers, but with computers and instrument bays occupying most of the interior space and only a few Windows.

这架飞机从机头到机尾，全长107英尺，大小相当于一个可乘坐100名乘客的商业客机，但计算机和仪表舱占据了绝大部分内部空间，只有几个窗口。

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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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A relative of one of the victims of the Air France plane which crashed over the Atlantic two years ago says the tail section of the jet has been found.

两年前一架在大西洋上空坠毁的法航客机遇难者的亲属表示，坠毁的客机的尾部已经找到。

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Crews had to fight flames on the tail of the plane, search a smoke-filled building for occupants, and attend to car drivers trapped by falling rubble.

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Photographs show the violent force deformed the plane's fuselage, forced the tail wheel to deploy and likely resulted in the plane's trim tab -- a piece of the tail -- to fly off, the safety board said.

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Their Airbus A320 had just arrived from Atlanta at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida Monday night when a wingtip hit the tail of another plane.

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