Episode 46: The Comet Crashes BOAC781 / SA201
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 46
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Episode description
A de Havilland Comet 1 (BOAC flight 781) suddenly explodes in midair on its way to London from Rome. Then a few months later another Comet 1 (South African Airways 201), on its way to Cairo from Rome, explodes in a similar fashion to the BOAC flight. Find out how windows and push rivets caused the first jet airliner to explode in flight.
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