Alecksi wrote:
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> The real reason that the Comet Broke up in flight was because the passenger
> cabin windows were too large and this therefore weakened both sides of the
> fuselage. This allowed small stress fractures to develope which, under
> pressurization , caused the aircraft to break up in flight.
> cheers,
> Alecksi
Not according to my source. It says that the cabin windows were part of
the problem, because they were square, not because they were too large.
High tensile aluminum tends to fracture around right angles.
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