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The 1963 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 Neva river ditching was a water landing that occurred in the Soviet Union in 1963. A Tupolev Tu-124 of Soviet state airline ''Aeroflot'' (Moscow division) took off from Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport (TLL) at 08:55 on 21 August with 45 passengers and 7 crew on board. The aircraft (registration number SSSR-45021) was built in 1962〔 and was scheduled to fly to Moscow-Vnukovo (VKO) under the command of 27-year-old captain Victor Mostovoy. After liftoff the nose gear did not retract.〔 Ground control diverted the flight to Leningrad (LED) – because of fog at Tallinn.〔 At 10:00 the aircraft started to circle the city at , 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 loop while 13 miles from the airport, the no. 1 engine flamed out due to fuel starvation. 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 wide Neva River. Eyewitnesses saw the airplane descend upstream. Immediately after a turn, the aircraft glided over the high steel structures of the Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge with approximately 100 feet (30 m) 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 onto the river, 〔 in close proximity to an 1898-built steam tugboat.〔 The plane began to flood.〔 The tugboat's captain then 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. ==See also== *List of airline flights that required gliding *US Airways Flight 1549 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1963 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 Neva river ditching」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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