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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-106 Comet / HS Nimrod
    Latest Model:Comet 4
    Construction Number:6403
    Last Civil Registration:G-APDB
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Comet 4 cn 6403 cr G-A...
    Latest Owner or Location:Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire / Cambs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Comet 4.

    By 21 June 1959

    To British Overseas Airways Corporation-BOAC with new c/r G-APDB.

    21 June 1959

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was damaged but was repairable. This was a passenger flight. The accident occurred at New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) (United States of America) while landing. Narrative: During the final approach to land on a runway with a displaced threshold the aircraft struck a 12ft-high blast fence located 65ft short of the beginning of the paved area. Although the main landing gear and flaps were damaged the aircraft landed safely.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    By 22 August 1960

    To British Overseas Airways Corporation-BOAC with new c/r G-APDB (de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4, 6403).

    To unknown owner with c/r G-APDB (DH106 COMET 4, 6403).

    22 August 1960

    Crashed.
    Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. The international scheduled passenger flight departed Cairo International Airport (CAI/HECA), Egypt. The accident occurred at Cairo International Airport (CAI) (Egypt) while taking off. The airframe was repaired. Narrative: The aircraft began its takeoff run on a section of runway declared closed because of work in progress. At a speed of about 50 knots the port main wheels entered an excavated hole and axles and wheels became detached. The takeoff was abandoned...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    To Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
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    20 August 2006


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: At Duxford, UK

    23 November 2024


    Photographer: Andrew William Breeden
    Notes: At IWM Duxford, in side hangar and painted in original BOAC scheme
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