Aircraft G-ALYP Data

Airframe Info

Manufacturer:	De Havilland
Model:	DH.106 Comet 1    Search all De Havilland DH.106 Comet 1
Year built:	1951
Construction Number (C/N):	6003
Aircraft Type:	Fixed wing multi engine
Number of Seats:	39
Number of Engines:	4
Engine Type:	Turbojet
Engine Manufacturer and Model:	Rolls-Royce Ghost 50 Mk1 / Ghost DGT3

Aircraft

Registration Number:	G-ALYP
Current Status:	Destroyed - see below

Owner

Owner:	British Overseas Airways Corporation
Address:	, United Kingdom

User Comments

Admin, 2011-12-20 15:43:46
	BOAC operated the world's first commercial jet airliner service on May 2nd 1952. With 36 passengers on board, G-ALYP flew the 6724 miles to Johannesburg in an elapsed time of 23 hours 34 minutes.
Admin, 2011-12-21 15:15:09
	On 10 January 1954, 20 minutes after taking off from Ciampino, Comet G-ALYP ("Yoke Peter"), BOAC Flight 781, broke up in flight and crashed into the Mediterranean off the Italian island of Elba, with the loss of all 35 on board.