BOAC Flight 781 Comet Explosion in Tyrrhenian Sea, January 10, 1954
BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people.
Date: January 10, 1954
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