{"id":64626,"date":"2021-06-26T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=64626"},"modified":"2021-06-25T08:24:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T12:24:04","slug":"it-wasnt-the-square-windows-the-de-havilland-comet-crashes-aircrash-minority-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/06\/26\/it-wasnt-the-square-windows-the-de-havilland-comet-crashes-aircrash-minority-report\/","title":{"rendered":"It Wasn&#8217;t the Square Windows &#8211; The de Havilland Comet Crashes &#8211; Aircrash Minority Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2rvx-r2itrE\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Robert DuHamel<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 13 Aug 2019<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve heard about it. You&#8217;ve read about it. You&#8217;ve watched the television documentaries. The de Havilland Comet. Two mysterious crashes in the Mediterranean near Rome. 56 people dead. The planes exploded in mid-air when their pressure cabins ruptured at the corners of the square windows. A hard lesson learned about pressurized airliners, square windows, and metal fatigue. But you haven&#8217;t heard the whole story. Find out what really happened in this first video in the series Aircrash Minority Report.<\/p>\n<p>Thumbnail: a Convair XF2Y-1 Sea Dart breaking up after exceeding the stress limit of the airframe. The crashes of the de Havilland Comets would look similar.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p>FAA Lessons Learned: de Havilland DH-106 Comet: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTFnTF9OQVhMUi1XNDNPMmVCeThjbHlrMExxQXxBQ3Jtc0trUlpJYmxvS2VnQVlvOEdiOE1Cak5vb0lZY2VIUE5jR05ZcFlIcTVFckloZGxDenJ4NkJLREdNcHg3clBnZlVrTkpqMHVkbzhfMTBnbG52b3VnS3RYLWFpVXdMQlBqUEJTVS1KVmlST3JscGJnVV95OA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Flessonslearned.faa.gov%2Fll_main.cfm%3FTabID%3D2%26LifeCycleID%3D1%26LLID%3D28\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/lessonslearned.faa.gov\/ll_mai&#8230;<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Failure-Analysis-Case-Studies-II &#8211; David R. H. Jones: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3hjQUpUZE9YNVBhN1h5Sy1mM0F5RFpOZ0djZ3xBQ3Jtc0tudXdvRmFFdl83TUp3X3dOUjdfbnNkUFM5cnRyLUwzT2hDaDJqTDlFaWh1bDU5TkYyZkc3cnBSOXJUeU15b3N2Q3IzSk9KMDg1dFpad3YtYWtCN1BWTnFsQlVwTkJTV1R0MlNYSFZmY2hkZzdkNlI2WQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fvietnamwcm.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2Ffailure_analysis_case_studies_ii.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/vietnamwcm.files.wordpress.co&#8230;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-26-at-08-22-54-It-Wasnt-the-Square-Windows-\u2013-The-de-Havilland-Comet-Crashes-\u2013-Aircrash-Minority-Report.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-26-at-08-22-54-It-Wasnt-the-Square-Windows-\u2013-The-de-Havilland-Comet-Crashes-\u2013-Aircrash-Minority-Report-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-66760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-26-at-08-22-54-It-Wasnt-the-Square-Windows-\u2013-The-de-Havilland-Comet-Crashes-\u2013-Aircrash-Minority-Report-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-26-at-08-22-54-It-Wasnt-the-Square-Windows-\u2013-The-de-Havilland-Comet-Crashes-\u2013-Aircrash-Minority-Report-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-26-at-08-22-54-It-Wasnt-the-Square-Windows-\u2013-The-de-Havilland-Comet-Crashes-\u2013-Aircrash-Minority-Report-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot-2021-06-26-at-08-22-54-It-Wasnt-the-Square-Windows-\u2013-The-de-Havilland-Comet-Crashes-\u2013-Aircrash-Minority-Report.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert DuHamel Published 13 Aug 2019 You&#8217;ve heard about it. 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