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Seconds from Disaster•Season 3•Episode 14

Comet Air Crash

9.0/10 · 2 votesNov 15, 200645 min

Ranked #2 of 19 in Season 3•+1.2 vs season avg

The DH Comet is the first jet airliner and the pride of the British Overseas Airways Corporation. But on January 10, 1954, BOAC Flight 781, enroute from Rome to London, explodes catastrophically and crashes, killing 35 people. The investigation begins, but when South African Airways

Directed byMartin O'Collins

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Season 3 Episodes19

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Amsterdam Air Crash

Russia's Nuclear Sub Nightmare (Sinking of the Kursk)

King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno)

US Embassy Bombing (American Embassy Bombing)

Florida Swamp Air Crash (Everglades Plane Crash)

Titanic

Aircraft Carrier Explosion

Queens Air Crash

Munich Olympic Massacre

Superstore Collapse

Plane Crash in the Potomac

Asian Tsunami

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Cast2

Peter Guinness

Peter Guinness

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Ashton Smith

Narrator (US)

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Martin O'Collins

Producer

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St John Bowman

Editor

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Martin O'Collins

Director

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Episode Summary

"Comet Air Crash" is episode 14 of Seconds from Disaster season 3. It scored 9.0/10 from 2 votes, ranking #2 of 19 episodes this season (season average 7.8). Directed by Martin O'Collins, it aired on November 15, 2006.

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