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57 Years Ago, A Plane Exploded Over The Mediterranean, Killing Everyone On Board – and We Still Don't Know Why
The De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4B aircraft, a pioneer of commercial jet travel, carried 66 passengers and crew members. At an altitude of 29,000 feet, disaster struck. The plane exploded over the ...
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AVIATION: Comet’s Tale
Ever since Britain’s De Havilland Comet screamed across the sky last summer in its first 500 m.p.h. test flight, U.S. airline operators have wondered how the first jet airliner would perform as ...