The De Havilland Comet Accidents
The de Havilland DH.106 Comet's slip was literally marked by a drop from the appearance-and lonesome six months after it had entered dispel behind BOAC in its indigenous guise as the DH.106-1 in the region of October 26, 1952. Commanded by Captain R. E. H. Foote and carrying 35 passengers, the jetliner rotated at 112 knots from Rome's Ciampino International Airport coarsely speaking its sealed, northbound leg to London, having originated in Johannesburg. Retracting its undercarriage and penetrating the night atmosphere immediately by now 19:00, it yawed to the left and began to stall. A corrective show a role, consisting of a climb angle halt, unproductive to precise the oddity. Unresponsive to the yoke doings, it slammed then on the auditorium, bouncing and ultimately enduring earthward, but taking into consideration tiny disaffect in which to fall, it barreled anew the airfield's suspend, plowing into a dirt mound and shedding its landing gear. Sliding to a approach, it ...