In May 1952, two BOAC de Havilland Comets, a four-engine aircraft about the size of a Boeing 737, took off from London and flew via Nairobi to Johannesburg and via the Far East to Tokyo ...

BIG DEATH-ROLL IN BLAZING WRECK SINGAPORE, Saturday (A.A.P.-Reuter). "The burning fuselage of the Qantas BOAC Constellation which burst into flames upon landing at Singapore's Kallang Airport today." ...