US EditionThe world’s first passenger jet was a luxurious death trap. Now it’s been brought back to life
ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 29 – The restored de Havilland DH106 Comet honors its pioneering role as the world’s first passenger jet despite early fatal crashes that led to its withdrawal from service.
- Britain’s first passenger jet, the de Havilland DH106 1A Comet, has been restored at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum near London, after entering service in May 1952 on the London–Johannesburg route.
- Amid early jet travel enthusiasm, the Comet crashed on March 3, 1953, killing 5 crew and 6 passengers, and on January 10, 1954, killing 35, leading to fleet grounding.
- Amid vintage aircraft displays, the Comet serves as the star exhibit, with its body in Air France livery and Eddie Walsh, museum volunteer, saying it's 'a lovely-looking airplane, even now'.
- Subsequent variants emerged with Rolls-Royce powerplants and reinforced fuselages, as engineers used findings to improve the de Havilland DH106 1A Comet after tests revealed its fatal structural flaw.
- Innovation from the first jet passenger plane endures in current aircraft design, as the de Havilland DH106 1A Comet's pioneering innovations still influence modern airliners.
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See what it was like to fly aboard the world’s first passenger jet
Taking to the skies for its first commercial flight in 1952, the de Havilland Comet 1A was a revolution in passenger aviation. With pioneering military jet technology, it flew faster, higher and was more comfortable than the propeller planes that’d come before. Now, thanks to a team of volunteers at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum in the UK, you can see what it was like aboard this game-changing aircraft.
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