While brace postions in the face of a nosedive into the ground/ocean from 25000 feet are pretty pointless
Bracing in event of a wheels up, or off runway landing, means that everyone keeps in their seats, and protects face and limbs from copping a bashing and preventing injury. The quick death thing is just a grim urban legend.
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