Can’t remember the date but I was on Court Line crew that night. After he went off the end the airport asked if we could go out with our big tug and help retrieve the Comet. Ourselves Brits and Monarch night crew went out with tugs and equipment.
The aircraft was off the end of the runway up to its axles in mud so we decided that the best bet was to dig a sloping trench back up the concrete. Someone mentioned the power for the runway lights and we were told it was no problem as they were only 24 volt. So we started digging ! After a while some Neddy from the council came out and told us urgently to stop digging as the lamps were 24 volt but the supply cables were several thousand volts with 24 volt transformer in each lamp unit. At that point we all decided that the lifting bags from Heathrow were a much better idea !
We also had an Ambassador and a Tristar go off that end and I was involved in their retrievals. The Ambassador just over shot like the Comet and the Tristar went off the side of the Turning circle trying to backtrack.