While this event is popularly remembered as a monumental step for aviation, the groundwork was laid much earlier with the narrowbody aircraft of the 1950s. The British de Havilland DH 106 Comet ...
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 ...