On an exit row. Contrary to popular belief the front of the plane is not safer than the rear. Frontal impact hard enough to kill passengers in the front have a nasty habit of being 100% fatality incidents.
In fact, I'd prefer to sit in front of the wings. Fuel is stored in the plane's wings, and if a wing is damaged on landing and he fuel catches fire, I'd rather have it behind me than being blown in my face. However, even this is my personal opinion, not based on science.
Fuel is designed to be a lot less volatile in a crash than it was in the old days, modern airliners are typically tough enough to hold together during a controlled belly landing, and foam on the runways dramatically reduces the risk of fire. Scientists that have studied these things have determined in a commercial airliner crash where some passengers survived and others didn't, the biggest determining factor in who lives and who dies is how quickly you can get off the plane in the event of a crash. The closer you are to an exit, the better your chances.
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