ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-124 CCCP-45021 Neva River
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Date:Wednesday 21 August 1963
Time:12:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic t124 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-124
Operator:Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-45021
MSN: 2350701
First flight: 1962
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 45
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 52
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Neva River (   Russia)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL/EETN), Estonia
Destination airport:Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), Russia
Narrative:
The Tupolev took off from Tallinn at 08:55 and it appeared the undercarriage didn't retract. The flight diverted to Leningrad (because of fog at Tallinn) at low altitude. At 11:00 the aircraft started to circle the city at 1650 feet. The eighth and last was started at 12:10 when, at 13 miles from the airport, the no. 1 engine quit. The remaining engine quit shortly thereafter and a ditch was carried out in the 300 metres wide River Neva. All passengers remained on aboard as the floating aircraft was towed ashore.

Classification:
Ditching

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Ditch or crash-land?/B.W. Townshend, 1965 (47-49)


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Distance from Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport to Moskva-Vnukovo Airport as the crow flies is 847 km (529 miles).

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.
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