Virtually every Airline Company stopped using JATO rockets after a 1956 incident that involved an Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-T-21 “Haile Selassie”, an Convair CV-240 purchased from SABENA ( ex-OO-AWE ), which was previously owned by TEXACO Oil Company as an executive transport! Approximately 12-seconds into the flight, one of wing mounted JATO rockets exploded, punching a hole in the fuselage injuring at least two of its passengers! Since that incident no airline company has been using JATO rockets for power assisted takeoffs…