Air disaster

1963 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 Neva river ditching

21 Aug 1963 · 59.92° N, 30.40° E

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When
21 Aug 1963
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
59.92° N, 30.40° E
Description
1963 Ditching by Co pilot chechenav
Deaths
0
Injured
0

Aeroflot Flight 366

1963 aircraft water landing

Aeroflot Flight 366, also known as the Miracle on the Neva, was a water landing by a Tupolev Tu-124 of the Soviet state airline Aeroflot. The aircraft took off from Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport at 08:55 local time on 21 August 1963 with 45 passengers and 7 crew on board. The aircraft was scheduled to fly to Moskva–Vnukovo. After takeoff, the nose gear did not retract.

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