Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks intensified in brightness by a staggering 100-fold on July 20, emitting plumes of debris and ice, forming a horseshoe shape akin to the Millennium Falcon.
using rudimentary photographs to document information. in 1942, finland introduced the first modern flight recorder, measuring more than half a dozen data points. the machine was dubbed the matahari, named after the double agent made famous after world war i. a revolutionary new aircraft. reporter: one of the first jet-powered commercial airliners dubbed comet. asked to help in the investigation, he had lost his own father in a similar wreck and was motivated to prevent more. in a 1985 interview with the australian broadcasting corporation, he explained his solution. i kept thinking to myself, if it were pilot error or something which were known to the crew, they may have said something or done something. if only we could recapture those last few seconds.