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1) In the early 1950s, the DeHavilland Comet was the first commercial jet airliner to enter service, but two catastrophic failures within two years led to crashes that killed 56 people. 2) Investigations found that fatigue cracking originated from stress concentrations around the square windows and escape hatch, which led to fuselage breakup in flight. 3) This prompted a shift from a safe-life to a fail-safe design philosophy, where structures are designed to sustain damage without compromising safety u

Author

Muhammad Kamal

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