In 1952, the DeHavilland Comet was built as the first production commercial jet airliner which eventually became the first catastrophic failure in a large-scale commercial airliner. Hence, The DeHavilland Comet Crash and has taught engineers innumerable lessons on fatigue failure.
Comet
Comet A
Comet I
Comet XI
Hampshire
Hertfordshire
Pittsburgh
Paris
£275,000
£1000,000
£100,000
500,000
1945
1978
2000
1949
1960
1953
1963
1970
Karachi
Montsenyrange
Bombay
Tripoli
10
11
26
29
Weather
Air Traffic
Pilots
Air Traffic and Control Pilots
1987
1967
1960
1980
It crashed
It was bombed
It was never built
It was stolen