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de Havilland DH-106 Comet
  Silhouette image of generic model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different   de Havilland DH-106 Comet
 
 First flight: 1949
 4 Jet engines
42 occurrences in the ASN safety database

acc. date type reg. operator fat. location   dmg    
26-OCT-1952 DH-106 Comet 1A G-ALYZ BOAC 0 Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA) sub
03-MAR-1953 DH-106 Comet 1A CF-CUN Canadian Pacific 11 near Karachi-Mauripur RAF Station dst
02-MAY-1953 DH-106 Comet 1 G-ALYV BOAC 43 32 km NW of Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) dst
25-JUN-1953 DH-106 Comet 1A F-BGSC UAT 0 Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR) w/o
25-JUL-1953 DH-106 Comet 1 G-ALYR BOAC 0 Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) w/o
10-JAN-1954 DH-106 Comet 1 G-ALYP BOAC 35 16 km S off Elba dst
08-APR-1954 DH-106 Comet 1 G-ALYY British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC, opf. South African Airways 21 ca 17 km W off San Lucido dst contains link to final investigation report
09-APR-1959 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDF BOAC 0 Beirut Airport (BEY) sub
03-JUN-1959 DH-106 Comet 2R XK663 RAF 0 RAF Watton Airfield w/o
08-JUN-1959 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDA BOAC 0 Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) sub
21-JUN-1959 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDB BOAC 0 New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) sub
27-AUG-1959 DH-106 Comet 4 LV-AHP Aerolineas Argentinas 2 9 km from Asunción-Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU) w/o
23-DEC-1959 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDL BOAC 0 Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA) sub
20-FEB-1960 DH-106 Comet 4 LV-AHO Aerolineas Argentinas 0 Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) w/o
14-MAR-1960 DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDS BOAC 0 Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) sub
22-AUG-1960 DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDB BOAC 0 Cairo International Airport (CAI) sub
25-JAN-1961 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDM BOAC 0 67 km N of Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) sub
23-NOV-1961 DH-106 Comet 4 LV-AHR Aerolineas Argentinas 52 2 km from São Paulo/Campinas-Viracopos International Airport, SP (VCP) w/o
21-DEC-1961 DH-106 Comet 4B G-ARJM BEA 27 Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB) w/o
19-JUL-1962 DH-106 Comet 4C SU-AMW UAA 26 Khao Yai Mountain dst
03-AUG-1962 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDM BOAC 0 London-Stansted Airport (STN) sub
20-MAR-1963 DH-106 Comet 4C SA-R-7 Saudi Arabian Government 18 30 km SW of Cuneo dst
28-JUL-1963 DH-106 Comet 4C SU-ALD UAA 63 10 km WNW off Bombay Airport (BOM) dst
02-AUG-1963 DH-106 Comet 4B G-ARJN BEA 0 Milano-Linate Airport (LIN) sub
09-MAR-1964 DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDN BOAC 0 Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) sub
22-MAR-1964 DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDH British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC, opf. Malaysian Airways 0 Singapore-Paya Lebar Airport (QPG) w/o
05-NOV-1964 DH-106 Comet 4B G-APMD BEA 0 Málaga Airport (AGP) sub
16-NOV-1965 DH-106 Comet 4B G-APMF BEA 0 Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA) sub
29-SEP-1967 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C ST-AAX Sudan Airways 0 Roma-Fiumicino sub
12-OCT-1967 DH-106 Comet 4 G-ARCO Cyprus Airways, opf. BEA 66 35 km S off Demre, Turkey dst contains link to final investigation report
28-DEC-1968 DH-106 Comet 4C OD-ADS MEA 0 Beirut International Airport (BEY) w/o
28-DEC-1968 DH-106 Comet 4C OD-ADR MEA 0 Beirut International Airport (BEY) w/o
28-DEC-1968 DH-106 Comet 4C OD-ADQ MEA 0 Beirut International Airport (BEY) w/o
14-JAN-1970 DH-106 Comet 4C SU-ANI UAA 0 Addis Ababa-Haile Selassie I International Airport (ADD) w/o
09-FEB-1970 DH-106 Comet 4C SU-ALE UAA 0 München-Riem Airport (MUC) w/o
24-MAR-1970 DH-106 Comet 4 LV-AHN Aerolineas Argentinas 0 Lima, Cuba unk
03-JUL-1970 DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDN Dan-Air Services 112 Sierra del Montseny dst contains link to final investigation report
07-OCT-1970 DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDL Dan-Air Services 0 Newcastle Airport (NCL) w/o
02-JAN-1971 DH-106 Comet 4C SU-ALC UAA 16 7 km N of Tripoli International Airport (TIP) w/o
19-JAN-1971 DH-106 Comet 3B XP915 RAE 0 Bedford-Thurleigh Airport sub
20-MAY-1972 de Havilland DH.106 Comet 4B G-APYC Dan-Air Services 0 Manston Airport, Manston, Ramsgate, Kent, England sub
28-AUG-1974 De Havilland DH-106 Comet C2R XK655 ex-51 Sqn RAF 0 Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland sub

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