Today’s Dubious Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
The dubious distinction of the first fatal accident involving a jet airliner fell to a de Havilland Comet of Canadian Pacific Airlines which crashed during take off from Karachi, Pakistan on March 3, 1953, although the aircraft was on a positioning flight and there were no passengers on board. Eleven crew members and de Havilland staff members were killed.
Culled from: Air Disasters: Including Dialogue from the Black Box
Here’s a video about the crash:
[TUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp2FMS05KI0[/TUBE]