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Subject: Re: Ten Plane Crashes That Changed Aviation Posted on: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 22:44:22 -0400


"Nobody" wrote

> I'd have to say though that Comet was probably the biggest one since it
> made engineers realise that pressurisation cycles affect aircraft
> structure and that has been a major impact on all subsequent aircarft.

Hard to argue that, but I think it is important because of the style of
reconstructive investigation that grew from figuring out the crashes. It is
the standard that all modern investigations grew from.
--
Jim in NC