How Well Do You Know The Dehavilland Comet Crash?
10 Questions
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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.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
Which is the first commercial jetliner produced by DeHavilland?- A.
Comet
- B.
Comet A
- C.
Comet I
- D.
Comet XI
- 2.
The commercial jetliner was manufactured in...
- A.
Hampshire
- B.
Hertfordshire
- C.
Pittsburgh
- D.
Paris
- 3.
What was the unit cost for Comet 1?
- A.
£275,000
- B.
£1000,000
- C.
£100,000
- D.
500,000
- 4.
When was the first flight for Comet 1 prototype?
- A.
1945
- B.
1978
- C.
2000
- D.
1949
- 5.
When did the first fatal accident of Dehavilland Comet occur?
- A.
1960
- B.
1953
- C.
1963
- D.
1970
- 6.
The first fatal accident occured during a takeoff at...
- A.
Karachi
- B.
Montsenyrange
- C.
Bombay
- D.
Tripoli
- 7.
The Comet was involved in ____ hull-loss accidents.
- A.
10
- B.
11
- C.
26
- D.
29
- 8.
The Dan-Air Due Havilland Comet crash in Spain's Montsenyrange was attributed to navigational errors by...
- A.
Weather
- B.
Air Traffic
- C.
Pilots
- D.
Air Traffic and Control Pilots
- 9.
The terrorist bombing of Cyprus Airways Flight 284 off the Turkish coast occurred in...
- A.
1987
- B.
1967
- C.
1960
- D.
1980
- 10.
What happened to the proposed Comet 5 prototype?
- A.
It crashed
- B.
It was bombed
- C.
It was never built
- D.
It was stolen
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