DescriptionFuselage of de Havilland Comet Airliner G-ALYP.JPG
English: Fuselage fragment of de Havilland Comet G-ALYP which crashed January 10, 1954. This fragment, retrieved from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, was determined to be the original cause of the crash as it tore loose.
Français : Fragment de fuselage du G-ALYP au Science Museum de Londres. Cet appareil s'est écrasé en Méditerranée le 10 janvier 1954 à la suite d'une fatigue excessive de ses panneaux de fuselage.
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Camera manufacturer
FUJIFILM
Camera model
FinePix F40fd
Exposure time
1/60 sec (0.016666666666667)
F Number
f/2.8
ISO speed rating
800
Date and time of data generation
16:21, 5 October 2009
Lens focal length
8 mm
Image title
This is the actual fragment skin that peeled off the de Havilland Comet G-ALYP, retrieved from the ocean floor, that allowed investigators to figure out the flaw that caused several crashes. This changed how jet airliners were made forever.