Comet: A Great British Air Disaster (2013)
• February 24th, 2013 • 0h 47min
Documentary
Overview
The De Havilland Comet was the world's first passenger jet airliner. But less than two years into service, two aircraft blew up in mid-air, killing all aboard. PM Winston Churchill ordered an assemblage of experts to discover what went wrong - in the process, inventing many of the air crash investigation techniques still used today.
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