Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 FEB 1950 |
| Type: | Shorts S.45 Solent 3 |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AHIX |
| C/n / msn: | S.1310 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Southampton (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Southampton water, United Kingdom |
A gust lifted the Solent flying boat causing the plane to plunge nose down into the water.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
