But the de Havilland Comet’s success was short-lived. A fatal design flaw, hidden in plain sight, turned square windows into a deadly weakness. Cracks formed, pressure built, and tragedy followed.

In the event of an airplane accident, the flight recorder provides data that is invaluable for clarification. The device was ...

The luxury of the Golden Age of air travel is still alive and well in the first-class cabins of the world's leading airlines.

The age of jet-powered scheduled passenger air travel began in 1952 with the De Havilland Comet 1. However, a series of fatal crashes forced the plane to be grounded for modifications. Even though ...

That crash happened thanks to 22 out of the 24 central systems ... There are many great things one can say about the De Havilland Comet, but the bad certainly outweighs the good. The Comet might have ...

A pilot who died after his De Havilland Chipmunk crashed at Jandakot ... been fitted with non-conforming rivets, compromising its crash-worthiness. A pilot who died in a plane crash at Jandakot ...

The possibility of Tadej Pogačar riding this year's Paris-Roubaix has fallen after his crash at Strade Bianche, with UAE Team Emirates-XRG manager Mauro Gianetti preferring to avoid any risks ...

The Classic Brugge-De Panne was disrupted by a shocking series of crashes inside the final five kilometres, injuring numerous riders including pre-race favourite, European champion Tim Merlier ...

BUT WE CAN TELL YOU TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA WAS EXTRA TIED UP THIS MORNING AFTER A SEPARATE CRASH ON THE INBOUND SIDE. A truck went off I-376 in Pittsburgh, nearly crashing onto Second Avenue below ...

Five people died Sunday in four crashes on Columbus roads, three of which occurred on the northern side of the city. Two motorcycle drivers, a passenger ejected from a vehicle and a woman struck ...