Yes of course, in the final analysis its always safety before comfort and economy of operations.
RIP
and slightly off topic
this goes to show that people, especially so called important ones should not complain if they were expecting business class reclining 180 seats and when they made the flight, they got a plane with 160 reclining seats
it could be that that particular "promised" air craft had mechanical trouble
and complain all for the sake of getting a $200 airline voucher