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Seconds from disaster. Season 3, episode 8, Comet air crash

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Two Comets, the world's first passenger jet aircraft, go down over the Mediterranean Sea in 1954. The British Government grounds all Comets and the biggest ever air accident investigation begins. M...

Two Comets, the world's first passenger jet aircraft, go down over the Mediterranean Sea in 1954. The British Government grounds all Comets and the biggest ever air accident investigation begins. Modern civil aviation safety stems from the findings.

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