Comet: How Farnborough Discovered Crash Causes!

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

2468

Date Released

25 Oct 1954

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Dock Strike - £85,000,000 Hold Up!
2. 2Egypt Celebrates Pact
3. 3Oxford Degree for Emperor
4. 4Sir Anthony Gains Another Triumph
5. 5Comet: How Farnborough Discovered Crash Causes!
6. 6Queen Mother Has Royal Send Off
7. *Queen and Duke Tour Lancashire

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

Test to destruction proves that metal fatigue was cause of Comet crash.

Keywords

Aviation; Science and technology; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Farnborough

Library number

22828

Length of story (in feet)

160

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