Square Windows Caused this Plane to Crash - de Havilland Comet | Dark Documentaries

BUT THEN IT CRASHED - The de Havilland DH.106 Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It featured an aerodynamically clean design with four de Havilland Ghost turbojet engines buried in the wing roots, a pressurised cabin, and large square windows. Within a year of entering airline service, problems started to emerge, three Comets being lost within twelve months in highly publ