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November 15, 1957
On November 15, 1957, short Solent 3 crashes near Chessell. Mukesh Ambani, Hervé Le Tellier, Herbert Wetterauer would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · November 15, 1957
Short Solent 3 crashes near Chessell.
The 1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash occurred on the Isle of Wight in England on 15 November. With 45 lives lost, at the time it was the second worst aircraft accident within the United Kingdom, then at the time the worst ever air disaster to occur on English soil until it was superseded by the Stockport air disaster, in 1967.
Around 1957
The year in brief
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
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On November 15, 1957
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1957 Short Solent 3 crashes near Chessell. Aviation accident in England
The 1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash occurred on the Isle of Wight in England on 15 November. With 45 lives lost, at the time it was the second worst aircraft accident within the United Kingdom, then at the time the worst ever air disaster to occur on English soil until it was superseded by the Stockport air disaster, in 1967.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1957
- April 11 United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
- April 24 Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
- April 30 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force.
- April 6 The flag carrier airline of Greece for decades, Olympic Airways, is founded by Aristotle Onassis following the acquisition of "TAE - Greek National Airlines".
- April 9 The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
- August 1 The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
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