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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
492 fatalities
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acc. date type reg. operator fat. location   dmg    
26 Oct 1952 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1A G-ALYZ British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA) sub
3 Mar 1953 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1A CF-CUN Canadian Pacific Air Lines - CPAL 11 near Karachi-Mauripur RAF Station w/o
2 May 1953 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1 G-ALYV British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 43 32 km NW of Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) w/o
25 Jun 1953 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1A F-BGSC Union Aéromaritime de Transport 0 Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR) w/o
25 Jul 1953 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1 G-ALYR British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) w/o
10 Jan 1954 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1 G-ALYP British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 35 16 km S off Elba w/o
8 Apr 1954 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 1 G-ALYY South African Airways - SAA 21 ca 17 km W off San Lucido w/o contains link to final investigation report
9 Apr 1959 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDF British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 Beirut Airport (BEY) sub
3 Jun 1959 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 2R XK663 Royal Air Force - RAF 0 RAF Watton Airfield w/o
8 Jun 1959 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDA British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) sub
21 Jun 1959 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDB British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) sub
27 Aug 1959 de Havilland 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 British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA) sub
20 Feb 1960 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 LV-AHO Aerolineas Argentinas 0 Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE) w/o
14 Mar 1960 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDS British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) sub
22 Aug 1960 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDB British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 Cairo International Airport (CAI) sub
25 Jan 1961 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDM British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 67 km N of Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) sub
23 Nov 1961 de Havilland 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 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4B G-ARJM British European Airways - BEA 27 Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB) w/o
19 Jul 1962 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C SU-AMW United Arab Airlines - UAA 26 Khao Yai Mountain w/o
3 Aug 1962 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDM British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 London-Stansted Airport (STN) sub
20 Mar 1963 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C SA-R-7 Saudi Arabian Government 18 30 km SW of Cuneo w/o
28 Jul 1963 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C SU-ALD United Arab Airlines - UAA 63 10 km WNW off Bombay Airport (BOM) w/o
2 Aug 1963 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4B G-ARJN British European Airways - BEA 0 Milano-Linate Airport (LIN) sub
9 Mar 1964 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDN British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC 0 Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) sub
22 Mar 1964 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDH Malaysian Airways 0 Singapore-Paya Lebar Airport (QPG) w/o
5 Nov 1964 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4B G-APMD British European Airways - BEA 0 Málaga Airport (AGP) sub
16 Nov 1965 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4B G-APMF British European Airways - 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 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-ARCO British European Airways - BEA 66 35 km S off Demre, Turkey w/o contains link to final investigation report
28 Dec 1968 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C OD-ADS Middle East Airlines - MEA 0 Beirut International Airport (BEY) w/o
28 Dec 1968 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C OD-ADQ Middle East Airlines - MEA 0 Beirut International Airport (BEY) w/o
28 Dec 1968 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C OD-ADR Middle East Airlines - MEA 0 Beirut International Airport (BEY) w/o
14 Jan 1970 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C SU-ANI United Arab Airlines - UAA 0 Addis Ababa-Haile Selassie I International Airport (ADD) w/o
9 Feb 1970 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C SU-ALE United Arab Airlines - UAA 0 München-Riem Airport (MUC) w/o
24 Mar 1970 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 LV-AHN Aerolineas Argentinas 0 Lima, Cuba unk
3 Jul 1970 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDN Dan-Air Services 112 Sierra del Montseny w/o contains link to final investigation report
7 Oct 1970 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4 G-APDL Dan-Air Services 0 Newcastle Airport (NCL) w/o
2 Jan 1971 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C SU-ALC United Arab Airlines - UAA 16 7 km N of Tripoli International Airport (TIP) w/o
19 Jan 1971 de Havilland DH-106 Comet 3B XP915 Royal Aircraft Establishment - 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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