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First crash of a commercial passenger jet

First crash of a commercial passenger jet
Who
de Havilland Comet G-ALYZ
What
First
Where
Pakistan
When
26 October 1952
The British de Havilland DH 106 Comet was the first production, commercial jet airliner and the first into commercial service, when Comet G-ALYP began scheduled services from London to Johannnesburg for the British Overseas Airways Corporation on 2 May 1952. It was also the first commercial jet airliner to crash. On 26 October 1952, a BOAC Comet departing from Rome Ciampino airport failed to get airborne and left the runway running into rough ground. Two passengers were injured and the aircraft, G-ALYZ, was broken beyond repair. The Comet’s first fatal accident happened in Karachi, Pakistan on 3 March 1953, when a Canadian Pacific Airlines Comet, CF-CUN, failed to take off, crashing into a drainage canal and colliding with an embankment. Five crew and six passengers were killed.