Английская Википедия:Aeroflot Flight 366
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Aeroflot Flight 366 (Шаблон:Lang-ru), also known as the Miracle on the Neva, was a water landing by a Tupolev Tu-124 of the Soviet state airline Aeroflot (Moscow division). The aircraft took off from Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL) at 08:55 on 21 August 1963 with 45 passengers and 7 crew on board.[1] The aircraft (registration number СССР-45021) was built in 1962[1] and was scheduled to fly to Moscow–Vnukovo (VKO) under the command of 27-year-old captain Victor Mostovoy. After takeoff the nose gear did not retract.[1] Ground control diverted the flight to Leningrad (LED) – because of fog at Tallinn.[1]
Events
At 10:00 Flight 366 started to circle the city at Шаблон:Cvt, in order to use fuel, reducing weight and decreasing the risk of fire in the event of a crash. The ground services at Pulkovo Airport (LED) were preparing the dirt runway for the landing. Each circuit around the city took the aircraft approximately 15 minutes. During this time the crew attempted to force the nose gear to lock into the fully extended position by pushing it with a pole taken from the cloak closet.
On the eighth and last circuit while Шаблон:Cvt from the airport, the no. 1 engine flamed out due to fuel starvation.[2] The remaining engine ceased shortly thereafter, with the aircraft above the city center, traveling east over St. Isaac's Cathedral and the Admiralty. Upon loss of power the flight crew ditched the aircraft in the Шаблон:Convert wide Neva River.
Eyewitnesses saw Flight 366 upstream. Immediately after a turn, the aircraft glided over the high steel structures of the Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge with approximately Шаблон:Cvt of clearance. The Tu-124 flew over the Alexander Nevsky Bridge – under construction at the time – barely missing it. The pilot managed to land the aircraft on the river,[1] in close proximity to an 1898-built steam tugboat.Шаблон:Citation needed
The plane began to fill with water.Шаблон:Citation needed The captain of the tugboat saw the plane in distress and went to help. He and his crew broke the aircraft's windshield to tie a cable to the cockpit's control wheel and proceeded to tow the craft to the river bank. During the tow all passengers remained on board. Passengers and crew then evacuated the cabin via an access hatch on the plane's roof.Шаблон:Citation needed
See also
References
External links
- "Prepare to Ditch", in Flight International magazine, 13 August 1964, p. 241
- "Soviet Transports" series, also Ditch or crash-land? B.W. Townshend, 1965 (pp. 47–49)
- Шаблон:ASN accident
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