Several Solents served Aquila Airways on their routes from Southampton to Madeira and the Canary Islands using ex BOAC and TEAL aircraft . On 15 November 1957 , Aquila Airways '' G-AKNU '' , a Solent 3 , crashed near Chessell , Isle of Wight , after it experienced loss of power to two engines . The crash killed 45 out of the 58 on board . British commercial flying-boat operations ceased on 30 September 1958 when Aquila Airways withdrew its Madeira service
crashed near Chessell
1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash
Short Solent