The De Havilland Comet was the world's first passenger jet airliner. But less than two years into service, two aircraft blew up in mid-air, killing all aboard. PM Winston Churchill ordered an assemblage of experts to discover what went wrong - in the process, inventing many of the air crash investigation techniques still used today.
Comet: A Great British Air Disaster is of 0 hour(s) and 47 minute(s). It is Produced By: DSP. It was released on 2013-02-24.
Genres: Documentary
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