If my sons Nimrod had the fuel tank protection he may have been here now as they were only 3 mins from Kandhar when the wing blew up followed by the rest of the aircraft. Also I have just found out via the RAF Kinlosss website that his aircraft XV 230 was the first Nimrod delivered to the RAF in 1969 !!!!!!!
http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafkinloss/abo...ghtheyears.cfm
37 years old and they have the cheek to say on there that "The Comet has an excellent record as both a military and civilian passenger transport, having accumulated some 1.5 million flying hours. " Yea right . so I did a bit of research and found this .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,355194,00.html
Passengers appeared to have had no fear of this stretched Comet, but what it had lost on the way to production was the confidence of airlines. Only 74 were sold worldwide: De Havilland had expected orders of up to 1,000. Just as well perhaps as, in all,
20 Comets crashed, killing nearly 500 people.
GOOD SAFETY RECORD I DON'T THINK SO 