The Comet Posted: March 20, 2025 | Last updated: March 20, 2025 The De Havilland Comet was a pioneering achievement for aviation, yet it became infamous for its tragic flaws.

The Comet 1 airliner roared into the air— and into history—on 20,000 pounds of thrust from its four De Havilland Ghost jet engines. For the first time ever, a jet-propelled aircraft was ...

The world’s first jet airliner, the British-built de Havilland Comet, was a streamlined beauty with large, square cabin windows. But after two fatal accidents in early 1954, investigators found ...

Scientists calculate that it was blasted into Earth by a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid or comet traveling 30 kilometers per second -- 150 times faster than a jet airliner. Scientists have concluded ...