Southampton - Southampton

On February 1, 1950 at 12:00 AM, Southampton - Southampton experienced a crash involving Short S.45 Solent, operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC, with the event recorded near Southampton Hampshire.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 11 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft was carrying 11 people (five engineers from Short Brothers and six BOAC crew members) who were performing a test flight. Upon landing in the Solent, just prior to touchdown, the seaplane was caught by strong winds, hit the water surface and sank off Netley, southeast of Southampton, Hampshire. All 11 occupants were quickly rescued while the aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AHIX, MSN S.1310, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.8995°, -1.3275°.